Object Details Author Losty, Jeremiah P Roy, Malini Dr British Library Subject British Library Notes Published to accompany the exhibition "Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire" held at the British ...

The book’s organising principle is a day—September 29th 1923—when the British Empire reached its maximum territorial extent. The portrait is achieved with a wide-angle lens, but the choice ...

CNN’s Peter Bergen interviews Harvard University historian Caroline Elkins about the legacy of the British Empire and the future of countries in the Commonwealth, where the British monarch ...

Throughout its history, the British Empire has taken countless artifacts from its colonies and other countries. Governments and activists have since called for the repatriation of these cultural ...

New responsibilities within the enlarged empire, 1763-1766 -- The empire at the restoration of peace, 1763 -- The domestic scene -- The proclamation of 1763 -- The Cherokee War, 1759-1761 -- The great ...

At the height of the British Empire, just after the First World War, an island smaller than Kansas controlled roughly a quarter of the world’s population and landmass. To the architects of this ...

The history of the British Empire is clear that it was built and sustained on coercion and systematic violence. It's time to be honest about that fact.

A book which will be welcome to many who have found it impossible to keep track of the rapidly changing relationships between different parts of the British Empire. The book is distinguished by ...

The British Empire covered 24% of the Earth's land mass by 1920. Harvard historian Caroline Elkins says British rulers portrayed themselves as benevolent, but used systematic violence to maintain ...