Books like The Empire Project
Loved The Empire Project by John Darwin? Here are 6 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.
About The Empire Project →6 books
- 1Pax Britannica
Pax Britannica
Jan MorrisA lively three-volume history of the British Empire at its height, told through its people, places and ceremonies.
- 2Empire
Empire
Niall FergusonA popular argument that the British Empire spread markets, institutions and trade across the world, with a more favourable view of its effects.
- 3The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997
The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997
Piers BrendonA long narrative history that follows the empire from its late eighteenth-century growth to its end in the late twentieth century.
- 4The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914
The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914
C. A. BaylyA global history of the period in which Britain's empire grew, placing it within wider connections of trade, ideas and states.
- 5Captives
Captives
Linda ColleyA study of how Britain's global reach shaped its own society, through the lives of people captured and moved across the empire.
- 6Imperial Reckoning
Imperial Reckoning
Caroline ElkinsA close study of the violence of British rule in Kenya during the Mau Mau years, drawing on new archival evidence.
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