This book reveals how the structures and practices of past empires interact with and shape contemporary 'national' ones.

Burbank and Cooper examine Rome and China from the third century BCE, empires that sustained state power for centuries.

Settler relations and identities in colonial Algeria -- The unmaking of the colony -- From newcomers to incipient constituency -- New political configurations -

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall... In America, kings are not born, they are made. Men with ambition build their own empires and it is their heirs who

How does our colonial past echo through today's global politics? How have former empire-builders sought vindication or atonement, and formerly colonized states