Doubtless kindness lay behind Penguin’s absence of response to The Critic’s repeated requests for a review copy for me of this book. My request also failed, but I have gone out and bought a copy, and ...

A book about the history of the British Empire elicits certain expectations. That it might begin with, say, the arrival of Europeans in Asia or America; that the bulk of it would be devoted to ...

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Leiden / New York: E. J. Brill, 2012. Pp. xx, 394. Map, notes, biblio., index. $203.00. ISBN: 9004235930 A guide to the history of Roman expansionism from the earliest times in the Sixth Century BC to ...

1. Imperialism, History, Writing and Theory -- 2. Research through Imperial Eyes -- 3. Colonizing Knowledges -- 4. Research Adventures on Indigenous Land -- 5. Notes from Down Under -- 6. The ...

Alaskans think of themselves as occupying an edge, not a borderland. It’s a notion reinforced by world maps, usually centered on the Atlantic Ocean, which place Alaska in the upper left-hand corner.

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

Histories of Zionism in the interwar period usually focus on Europe, the United States, and the Middle East. In this fascinating account, Imber widens the aperture to include South Asia and South ...

How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States. By Daniel Immerwahr. Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 528 pages; $30. Bodley Head; £25. THE UNITED STATES was born out of rebellion against ...

Historian Daniel Immerwahr shares surprising stories of U.S. territorial expansion, including how the desire for bird guano compelled the seizure... The History Of American Imperialism, From Bloody ...

The Governor was speaking at a book-reading, where celebrated Kenyan writer, poet and Standard Group journalist Tony Mochama released his new book, “Political Party After Political Party”. [Elvis ...