A study of key themes in the history of the British Empire by one of the senior figures in the field.

Examines the key roles of Scots in central aspects of the Atlantic and imperial economies from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, and demonstrates that

Understanding the British Empire draws on a lifetime's research and reflection on the history of the British Empire by one of the senior figures in the field. E

A milestone in the understanding of British history and imperialism, this ground-breaking book radically reinterprets the course of modern economic development

For nearly two hundred years, Great Britain had an empire on which the sun never set. This is the story of its rise and fall