{"product_id":"9781529413953","title":"Short History Of Power","description":"\u003cp\u003eBook Title: Short History Of Power \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529413953 \u003cbr\u003eBy Author(s):JACK DAVY \u003cbr\u003eBy Publisher:PUSHKIN \u003cbr\u003eFormat:PB\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eYou could not ask for a more eloquent guide than this book. Essential' Sathnam Sanghera\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn eye-opening book about how societies are designed to support those in power, at the expense of those without it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCOLONIAL POWER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1950s, over 10,000 Kenyans were killed by the British during the Mau Mau uprising against a government determined to install a sympathetic post-independence regime and continue to exploit the resources of its former colonies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePATRIARCHAL POWER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the Iranian revolution in 1979, the Islamic Republic systematically removed freedoms from women, relegating them to second-class citizens in the name of religious teachings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEDUCATIONAL POWER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere have been fifty-seven prime ministers of the United Kingdom, of whom forty-three have been privately educated, creating a society built by and for the privileged.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are just some of the stories through which Dr Jack Davy illustrates the key factors that allow societies to create and sustain oppressive systems. Some are historical. Others have played out right before our eyes over the last decade. All are rooted in the systems in which we all participate. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRead this book, and take action.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Sharp and insightful. Jack Davy makes complex ideas accessible in this powerful book about the roots of inequality' Caroline Dodds Pennock, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eOn Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A deeply humane book with true hope in its message' Ray Mattinson, Blackwells\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"JACK DAVY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49037869449439,"sku":null,"price":13.8,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0410\/9529\/9228\/files\/71s88W4IOtL._SY522.jpg?v=1777465109","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmarket.com.sg\/products\/9781529413953","provider":"BookMarket","version":"1.0","type":"link"}