Imperial & Colonial History

Between 1700 and 1885 the British became the paramount power on the Indian subcontinent, their authority extending from Sri Lanka in the south to the Himalayas in the north. It was a massive empire, inspiring both pride and anxiety amongst the British, and forcing change upon the lives of its Indian..

In the past decades historians have interpreted early modern Christian missions not simply as an adjunct to Western imperialism, but as a privileged field for cross-cultural encounters. This book is framed within the process of historiographical renovation of the scholarship on the early modern Chri..

This book examines the late Victorian and Edwardian link between hunting, masculinity and militarism and how it was idealized as a means to serve British imperialist interests...

This book explores the impact Muscular Christianity’s ethos has had on an English-speaking modern civil society. The papers include fascinating global case materials in a joint effort to outline a truly international, post-colonial sport history...

This book explores the impact Muscular Christianity’s ethos has had an on English-speaking modern civil society. The papers include fascinating global case materials in a joint effort to outline a truly international, post-colonial sport history...

This book provides a sweeping and penetrating account of the exercise of state power in the historical heartland of civilization. It argues that the historical experience accumulated over millennia fundamentally affects the substance of governance more than constitutional pieties. Understanding this..

The wide array of contributions to this book draws on the rapidly growing body of post-colonial studies to critique both orthodox and heterodox economics...

This book explores the history of pre-communist Indochina, from the 1300s to the 1940s. It provides a full account of the forces that shaped its development, including China – an important military, commercial and cultural influence – European colonialism, and the development of nationalism in respo..

Public Health in the British Empire addresses the work of intermediary and subordinate personnel in relation to public health in the British empire. These individuals were not only essential for putting public health policy into practice, but could also impact its formation. They constitute one of t..

Quest For The Jade Sea..

This book explores colonial debates on race, liberalism, colonial expansion and equality in South-East Asia, focusing on the writings of John Crawfurd, one of the British Empire’s leading racial theorists and colonial administrators in Asia...

This book explores colonial debates on race, liberalism, colonial expansion and equality in South-East Asia, focusing on the writings of John Crawfurd, one of the British Empire’s leading racial theorists and colonial administrators in Asia...