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History Extra podcast

How historians helped build the British empire

History Extra podcast

Immediate Media

History

4.34.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Priya Satia explores how historians helped advance the British empire, only to later become critics of imperialism

 

Professor Priya Satia discusses her recent book, Time’s Monster, which explores how historians helped advance the aims of the British empire, only to later become highly critical of imperialism.

 



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Hello and welcome to the History Extra Podcast from BBC History magazine,

1:07.4

Britain's best-selling history magazine.

1:17.7

I'm Ellie Corthon. Today's interview is with Priya Satya,

1:22.9

whose professor of international history at Stanford University in California.

1:28.4

Priya's latest book is Times Monster, History, Conscience and Brushens Empire,

1:34.1

which explores the role of history and historians in the development of the brushens empire,

1:39.6

and also considers how the historical profession has changed in more recent times.

1:44.9

She discussed these themes and others with BBC History magazine editor Rob Atal.

1:51.2

Okay so Priya, I wonder if we could begin actually with the title of your book,

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