Black People in the British Empire (Fryer Peter)(Paperback)

Black People in the British Empire (Fryer Peter)(Paperback)

'Fantastic ... the most important book on Black British history' - AkalaBlack People in the British Empire is a challenge to the official version of British history. It tells the story of Britain's exploitation and oppression of its subject peoples in its colonies, and in particular the people of

Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain (Fryer Peter)(Paperback)

'A fascinating account of the growth of the black community in Britain over the past centuries.'--Guardian 'For this retrieval of the lost histories of black Britain, Mr. Fryer has my deep gratitude. An invaluable book.'--Salman Rushdie Staying Power is a panoramic history of black Britons. First

Blood Never Dried - A People's History of the British Empire (Newsinger John)(Paperback / softback)

The British Empire in 100 Facts (Duducu Jem)(Paperback)

Discover the history behind the facts.The British Empire had a rich, varied and controversial history, commonly perceived to have spanned 500 years from the era of Columbus and his voyages of discovery to the aftermath of the Second World War. Many statements are made about this era that shaped our

Imperial Boredom: Monotony and the British Empire (Auerbach Jeffrey A.)(Paperback)

Imperial Boredom offers a radical reconsideration of the British Empire during its heyday in the nineteenth century. Challenging the long-established view that the Empire was about adventure and excitement, with heroic men and intrepid women eagerly spreading commerce and civilization around the

The British Empire: Sunrise to Sunset (Levine Philippa)(Paperback)

The British Empire: Sunrise to Sunset is a broad survey of the history of the British Empire from its beginnings to its demise that offers a comprehensive analysis of what life was like under colonial rule, weaving the everyday stories of people living through the experience of colonialism into the

The Empire Remains Shop (Schwabe Alon)(Paperback)

'Empire shops' were first developed in London in the 1920s to teach the British to consume foodstuffs from the colonies and overseas territories. Although none of the stores ever opened, they were intended to make previously unfamiliar produce and products--sultanas from Australia, oranges from

The Cultural Construction of the British World (Thompson Andrew)(Paperback)

The volume builds upon developments in recent years in reconceptualising the British Empire as a system structured around complex, multi-layered networks, which transcended conventionally defined boundaries between metropolitan and colonial

15 Minutes of Power - The Uncertain Life of British Ministers (Riddell Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Peter Riddell explores what it means to be a minister in the British

Empire in Black and Gold, 1 (Tchaikovsky Adrian)(Paperback)

Empire in Black and Gold is the first instalment in the critically-acclaimed fantasy series Shadows of the Apt. It's brought to you by Adrian Tchaikovsky, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award. The days of peace are over . . . The city states of the Lowlands have lived in peace and prosperity for

Decline And Fall Of The British Empire (Brendon Piers)(Paperback / softback)

No empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. Within a generation this mighty structure collapsed, often amid bloodshed, leaving behind a scatter of sea-girt dependencies and a ghost of an empire, the Commonwealth, overshadowed by Imperial

Imperial Encore, Volume 18: The Cultural Project of the Late British Empire (Ritter Caroline)(Paperback)

In the 1930s, British colonial officials introduced drama performances, broadcasting services, and publication bureaus into Africa under the rubric of colonial development. They used theater, radio, and mass-produced books to spread British values and the English language across the continent. This

Ghosts of Empire - Britain's Legacies in the Modern World (Kwarteng Kwasi)(Paperback / softback)

This fascinating book shows how the later years of the British Empire were characterised by accidental oversights, irresponsible opportunism and uncertain

British Empire Uniforms 1919 to 1939 (Hallett Edward)(Paperback)

A colourful survey of the uniforms and accoutrements of British Empire forces between the wars from 1919 to

The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction (Jackson Ashley)(Paperback)

From the eighteenth century until the 1950s, the British Empire was the largest and most far-flung political entity in the world, holding sway at one time over one fifth of the world's population. The territories forming this colossus ranged from tiny islands to vast segments of the world's major

The Empire Project (Darwin John)(Paperback)

The British Empire, wrote Adam Smith, 'has hitherto been not an empire, but the project of an empire' and John Darwin offers a magisterial global history of the rise and fall of that great imperial project. The British Empire, he argues, was much more than a group of colonies ruled over by a

Daily Life in Ancient Rome - The People and the City at the Height of the Empire (Carcopino Jerome)(Paperback / softback)

Inglorious Empire - What the British Did to India (Tharoor Shashi)(Paperback / softback)

he Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller on India's experience of British colonialism, by the internationally-acclaimed author and diplomat Shashi Tharoor'Tharoor's impassioned polemic slices straight to the heart of the darkness that drives all empires ... laying bare the grim, and high, cost of the

In Turbulent Skies: British Aviation Successes and Setbacks - 1945-1975 (Reese Peter)(Paperback)

Exploring the successes and setbacks for the British aviation industry from

Imperial nostalgia: How the British conquered themselves (Mitchell Peter)(Paperback)

A short, polemical study of the persistence of imperial nostalgia in modern British culture, politics, heritage and

Playmaker (Keneally Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

In 1789 in Sydney Cove, the remotest penal colony of the British Empire, a group of convicts and one of their captors unite to stage a

The Cambridge Companion to British Fiction: 1980-2018 (Boxall Peter)(Paperback)

From 1980 to the present, huge transformations have occurred in every area of British cultural life. The election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979 ushered in a new neoliberal era in politics and economics that dramatically reshaped the British landscape. Alongside this political shift, we have seen

Empire and Art: British India (Dohmen Renate)(Paperback)

The book examines the aesthetic interactions between Britain and India during the Raj in relation to issues of empire and considers the visual culture of urban elites and princely states alongside popular arts. It explores the impact of the Anglo-Indian colonial encounter on the arts and aesthetic

Suez - Britain's End of Empire in the Middle East (Kyle Keith)(Paperback / softback)

On July 26, 1956, the British Empire received a blow from which it would never recover. On this day, Egypt's President Gamal Abdul Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal Company, one of the gems of Britain's imperial portfolio. It was to be a fateful day for Britain as a world power. Britain, France