The New A‐Z of Empire: A Concise Handbook of British Imperial History Available to Purchase

We live in an un‐imperial age. Writing about the British empire seems unfashionable. Today, historians are concerned with what we might call “grassroots” history: the experience of groups which have hitherto been hidden or neglected – women, slaves, the poor, the mentally ill. And, these days, every aspect of history goes into the mix, the economic, the emotional, the sociological; high politics has to wait its turn. As for the context, only the whole society will do. It is no longer acceptable to give a narrative of events. Given this, Dr Faught's British empire handbook seems a bit old‐fashioned, both...