The Portuguese Voyages of Discovery
Helen Wallis charts the Portugal's astonishing success in voyages of exploration between 1415 and 1520
Empire
The Fall of the Angevin Empire
A damned inheritance, hopelessly over-extended and out-resourced by the kings of France? Or an effective empire thrown away by incompetence and harshness? John Gillingham weighs the blame for John's loss of the Angevin dominions.
Cultural Decolonisation: UNESCO & Africa
John D. Hargreaves discusses cultural reconstruction and its political implications.
The Angevin Empire
The Angevin Empire may have come about by a mixture of luck and calculation, but skill and respect for local custom were required for Henry II to preserve it intact.
The New Commonwealth Migrants 1945-62
The legacy of empire brought nearly half a million blacks and Asians to Britain in the fifties in search of a better life.
The British Empire 1558-1983
A Short Oxford History title on the rise and fall of the dominant imperial power.
End of Empire
The British Empire was the largest in the history of the world. Brian Lapping explains how the end of that Empire was charted for television.
Gordon in the Sudan: Fundamental Errors
Charles Townshend evaluates the judgement of General Gordon and the ill-fated British mission in the Sudan.
Reading History: Imperialism and National Identity in Latin America
Christopher Abel and Colin M. Lewis analyse the state of history writing on Latin America, from a 1980s standpoint.
Gordon of Khartoum: The Making of an Imperial Martyr
The Victorians glorified Gordon of Khartoum. But the reality of his role in the Anglo-Sudanese War was considerably less heroic.