This book examines the place of imperialism in the cultural, political and economic life of late nineteenth-century Irish society.It highlights the tensions whi

To China and Latin America, often regarded as central components of a British 'informal empire'.

Leading historians introduce the most influential trends in thought which originated or developed in the nineteenth century.

Mobility was central to the construction, maintenance and dissolution of empires. This book reflects on the social, cultural and political significance of mobil

Demonstrating Ireland's central role in European debates about empire and commerce in the global age of revolutions, this pathbreaking book offers a new perspec