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History On Trial- Rethinking the Legacy of the British Empire
Manage episode 155441846 series 1156202
On the Map, Off the Radar, On the Map, and Off the Radar에서 제공하는 콘텐츠입니다. 에피소드, 그래픽, 팟캐스트 설명을 포함한 모든 팟캐스트 콘텐츠는 On the Map, Off the Radar, On the Map, and Off the Radar 또는 해당 팟캐스트 플랫폼 파트너가 직접 업로드하고 제공합니다. 누군가가 귀하의 허락 없이 귀하의 저작물을 사용하고 있다고 생각되는 경우 여기에 설명된 절차를 따르실 수 있습니다 https://ko.player.fm/legal.
Harvard Professor and Pulitzer-Prize winning author Caroline Elkins discusses how a 2013 case filed against the British Foreign Commonwealth Office by elderly Kenyans who were tortured in British concentration camps led to the unearthing of hidden archives that revealed a previously secret insight into the gruesome nature of the British colonial past. Elkins discusses the role she played in uncovering these documents and the implications that the case and newly discovered archives have on re-thinking a history that many have come to accept as fact. To read more about the case, check out Elkins's piece in the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/21/kenya-british-empire-myths-historians And information on Elkins's book, "Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya." http://www.amazon.co.uk/Imperial-Reckoning-Untold-Story-Britains/dp/0805080015
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