The English-Portuguese alliance of 1654 lasted for 156 years. Interweaving politics, economics, religion and commerce to portray what life was like for English merchants in Portugal, this work is the result of many years of archival research.
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Introduction: Decentering transatlantic literary studies -- From English empire to British Atlantic world -- The Irish uncanny and the American gothic -- Scots and Scott in the early republic -- Wales and the American West -- The literary sketch and British Atlantic regionalism …
The challenge of opening Africa and Australia to British imperial influence fell to a coterie of proto professional explorers who sought knowledge, adventure, and fame but often experienced confusion, fear, and failure. The Last Blank Spaces follows the arc of these explorations…
For a British Empire that stretched across much of the globe at the start of the nineteenth century, the interiors of Africa and Australia remained intriguing mysteries. The challenge of opening these continents to imperial influence fell to a proto-professional coterie of deter…
Examines treaties between European colonists and Native people often negotiated on Indian terms but scrutinized by foreign powers against a background of English, Spanish, French, and Dutch imperial rivalries.
Fieldwork results -- Dating and phasing -- The artefacts -- Environmental evidence -- The rock carvings -- Discussion -- Conclusions "Trusty's Hill is an early medieval fort at Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway. The hillfort comprises a fortified citadel defined by a vi…
The Roman historian Tacitus is not only our most important source for the Early Roman Empire, but also a literary artist second to none. His fragmentarily preserved Annales deals with the imperial rule established by the first emperor Augustus, the Julio-Claudian dynasty (AD 14 …
"Taming the Imperial Imagination marks a novel intervention into the debate on empire and international relations, and offers a new perspective on nineteenth-century Anglo-Afghan relations. Martin J. Bayly shows how, throughout the nineteenth century, the British Empire in India…
The literature of Malaysia and Singapore, the multicultural epicentre of Asia, offers a rich body of source material for appreciating the intellectual heritage of colonial and postcolonial Southeast Asia. Focusing on themes of home and belonging, Eddie Tay illuminates many aspec…
