A Telegraph Book of the Year 2025
'Compelling and timely' Tirthankar Roy
'Essential reading' David Eltis
Many now claim that Western countries should pay reparations to former colonies for the lasting damage they caused, especially through slavery. Why is this claim being made now? How far does it make sense? And, more generally, how can historic wrongs be righted?
Reparations removes the sloganeering from a newly-fashionable cause, sets the issue in its proper historical context, and mounts an ethical counter-argument. The natural sequel to Nigel Biggar's bestselling and widely acclaimed Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning, it makes a powerful contribution to an increasingly prominent public debate.
| ISBN: | 9781800755598 |
| Publication date: | 25th September 2025 |
| Author: | Nigel Biggar |
| Publisher: | Forum an imprint of Swift Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Genres: |
Colonialism and imperialism |
A Telegraph Book of the Year 2025
'Compelling and timely' Tirthankar Roy
'Essential reading' David Eltis
Many now claim that Western countries should pay reparations to former colonies for the lasting damage they caused, especially through slavery. Why is this claim being made now? How far does it make sense? And, more generally, how can historic wrongs be righted?
Reparations removes the sloganeering from a newly-fashionable cause, sets the issue in its proper historical context, and mounts an ethical counter-argument. The natural sequel to Nigel Biggar's bestselling and widely acclaimed Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning, it makes a powerful contribution to an increasingly prominent public debate.
Reparations features in the following genres: Colonialism and imperialism
Reparations is available in Hardback
Reparations was written by Nigel Biggar and published by Forum an imprint of Swift Press
Reparations has 224 pages
£18.00