Reviewed by Michael J Boyle Mercantilism is an economic policy designed to increase a nation's wealth through exports, which ...

During this time Britain lost and gained colonies. During the early years of the British Empire, 13 colonies in North America were established by the British. These colonies went to war against ...

Only a fifth of voters believe the British Empire is something modern Britain should be ashamed of, a new poll suggests. A third of adults (33 per cent) believe that the UK's colonial period in ...

It dropped today for Commonwealth Day, which is celebrated among a group of mostly former British colonies. NPR's Lauren ...

The history of RIBA is closely entwined with that of the British Empire, which expanded and consolidated its colonial grip around the world during the institute’s formative years in the 19th and early ...

Here Gandhi was building on a reading of colonial power that he first articulated in Hind Swaraj in 1909. One of the most ...

CONSIDERABLE interest is now being taken by Great Britain in colonial development. This interest has been further stimulated by the Government‘s decision during the past year to undertake the ...

A British government red leather dispatch case belonging to the minister of state for colonial affairs achieved an above estimate price at a recent Bonhams’ timed sale. The late 50s and early 60s ...

From the mid-19th century onward, Irish and Indian nationalists forged strong personal and associational connections, recognising how both societies suffered under British imperialism. Famines, ...