The British Empire influenced many aspects of the world we live in today. The international system remains heavily marked by British imperialism, and the border
Part of The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, this book spans from the aftermath of the Revolution of 1688 to Pitt the Younger's defeat at attempted parlia
First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Ninetee
A great deal of the world's history is the history of empires. Indeed it could be said that all history is colonial history, if one takes a broad enough definit
For four centuries Britain was an integral part of the Roman Empire, a political system stretching from Turkey to Portugal and from the Red Sea to the Tyne and