Robert Travers' analysis of British conquests in late eighteenth-century India shows how new ideas were formulated about the construction of empire. After the B

A study of British politics and political thought in Bengal in the eighteenth century.

A study of British politics and political thought in Bengal in the eighteenth century.

Empires have usually been founded by charismatic, egoistic warriors or power-hungry states and peoples, sometimes spurred on by a sense of religious mission. So

Explores how the British Empire responded to the environmental challenges of the world's largest tidal delta.