PBS

More on 18th-Century British Trade and Colonialism in Asia

What was the British connection to an embroidered "Mughal textile" crafted in India in the early 18th century? The early 18th-century embroidered silk and linen textile a guest named Kitty brought to ...
Hyperallergic

At British Museum, a Promising But Flawed Start to Grappling With Colonialism

“Empire and Collecting,” a new self-guided tour, reflects an attempt to help visitors understand the colonial origins of the collection. Black-figured pottery amphora depicting Achilles slaying ...
insider.si.edu

The British Empire before the American Revolution

NMAI copy v.4 (39088014920409) from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema. Provincial characteristics and sectional tendencies in the era preceding the American crisis: v. 1. Great Britain and ...
StrategyPage

Book Review: Losing America, Securing an Empire: The Rise of British Global Power in the Late 18th Century

Britain’s strategic situation during the American War of Independence has often been limited to its military operations in the Thirteen Colonies. While there are many books that analyze these ...
THE WEEK

The British Empire’s policies still at play in the UK

The revelation that Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murty claimed non-dom status in the UK for years has drawn renewed attention to an imperialist policy that still holds today. Non-doms may ...