Long before they came as occupiers, the British were drawn to the Middle East by the fabled riches of its trade and the enlightened tolerance of its people. The 'pashas' - merchants and travelers from Europe - discovered an Islamic world that was alluring, dynamic and diverse." "Ranging across...

This book employs a wide range of perspectives to demonstrate how the East India Company facilitated cross-cultural interactions between the English and various groups in South Asia between 1600 to 1857 and how these interactions transformed important features of both British and South Asian...

Klappentext der Neuauflage 2015: Imperialism in the eyes of the world is still Europe's original sin, even though the empires themselves have long since disappeared. Among the most egregious of imperial acts was Victorian Britain's seemingly random partition of Africa. In this classic work of...

The absentee slave-owner: representations and identities -- The debate over compensation -- The distribution of slave-compensation -- The structure of slave-ownership -- The large-scale rentier-owners -- 'Widows and orphans': small-scale British slave-owners -- Merchants, bankers and agents in...