Readership: General readers interetsted in world history and politics; students of history, politics, and cultural history.
Stephen Howe, Tutor in Politics at Ruskin College, Oxford
"excellent. He has a wonderful grasp of the issues ... It is essential that such a book puts the modern history of imperialism into perspective, and he does this very well." - Megan Vaughan, Oxford University
1: Who's an Imperialist? 2: Ancient Empire 3: Empire by Land 4: Empire by Sea 5: Death of the Seaborne Empires 6: Death of the Land Empires 7: Afterlives and Rebirths of Empire 8: Studying Empires: Prejudice and Progress, Cash and Culture