This book problematises established histories of slavery and indentured labour, as carried out through European empires, to interpret the impact of trade, parti

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

Britain yesterday; America today. The reality of being top dog is that everybody hates you. In this provocative book, noted historian and commentator Jeremy Bla

Kwasi Kwarteng is the child of parents whose lives were shaped as subjects of the British Empire, first in their native Ghana, then as British immigrants. He br

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