For nearly two decades, Jody Berland has been a leading voice in cultural studies and the field of communications. In North of Empire, she brings together and r

During the 17th century, the Western border region of North America which existed just beyond the British imperial reach became an area of opportunity, intrigue

The age of European high imperialism was characterized by the movement of plants and animals on a historically unprecedented scale. The human migrants who colon

From 1898 onward, the expansion of American militarism and empire abroad increasingly relied on black labor, even as policy remained inflected both by scientifi

In this expansive book, David Narrett shows how the United States emerged as a successor empire to Great Britain through rivalry with Spain in the Mississippi V