Legado de violencia : Una historia del Imperio británico

At the beginning of the 20th century, the British Empire encompassed a quarter of the Earth's landmass and boasted a population of nearly 700 million. For most of its inhabitants, it represented the ultimate expression of their nation's cultural superiority over the rest of the world. But what legacy did this empire, with its more than two hundred years of history, actually leave behind? After more than a decade of research, Caroline Elkins reveals, in *Legacy of Violence*, the true story of British colonial power, based on an evolutionary and racialized doctrine that advocated the ruthless use of violence to secure and preserve its imperial interests. Because, while the Empire sought to justify its rule through a cultural civilization, everything ultimately boiled down to the plundering of natural resources and the punishment of the most recalcitrant native populations. And Elkins shows us how, over time, these forms became increasingly systematized and that, when it was no longer possible to control the violence it provoked and exercised, attempts were made to destroy and hide any incriminating evidence of its policies and practices.