The past decade has seen a spate of new work on empire in political theory and the history
of political thought. Much of this work has focused on the place of empire in the thought of …

The Lost History of Liberalism challenges our most basic assumptions about a political
creed that has become a rallying cry—and a term of derision—in today's increasingly …

Sociology, as a discipline, was born at the height of global colonialism and imperialism.
Over a century later, it is yet to shake off its commitment to colonial ways of thinking. This …

British historians influenced the empire in critical ways. Time's Monster shows how the
modern vision of history as a form of ethics empowered historians to shape policy, while …

James Joll's study is not simply another narrative, retracing the powder trail that was finally
ignited at Sarajevo. It is an ambitious and wide-ranging analysis of the historical forces at …

The Trouble with Empire contends that dissent and disruption were constant features of
imperial experience and that they should, therefore, drive narratives of the modern British …

In Forms of Empire, Nathan K. Hensley shows how the modern state's anguished
relationship to violence pushed writers to expand the capacities of literary form. The …

This unusual history focuses not only on those who advanced transatlantic cable
communication, but also on those who harbored alternative ideas. They might seem …

Despite the long history of debate and the recent resurgence of interest in empires and
imperialism, no one seems very clear as to what exactly an empire is. The Burdens of …

East Wind offers the first complete, archive-based account of the relationship between China
and the British Left, from the rise of modern Chinese nationalism to the death of Mao Tse …