The New A-Z of Empire: A Concise Handbook of British Imperial History

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The British Empire in its late-Victorian heyday spanned the globe and linkedxA0; a quarter of the worldx2019;s population to Britain. The New A-Z of Empire responds to the current burgeoning interest in empires and covers 400 years of British imperial history from the founding of the East India Company in 1600, through the "First" and "Second" British Empires and includesxA0; the "Scramble for Africa," World War I, the Mandate System, Dominion status, World War II, nationalism, decolonization, and Commonwealth development. Over 400 alphabetical entries contain a mine of essential information including individual personalities, territories, political ideas, diplomacy, law, administration, business, commerce, exploration, art, andxA0; literature. Entries cover the essential factual information, but also include the latest historiography, extensive cross-referencing, an index, and suggestions for further reading, both in print and online. The New A-Z of Empire is an indispensable reference tool for students and specialists and the general reader.

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C. Brad Faught is Associate Professor of History at Tyndale University College, Toronto. HexA0; received his BA in Political Science and History from the University of Calgary, MA from Queen's University, Kingston, MSt in British and Commonwealth History from St Antony's College, Oxford, and his PhD from the University of Toronto. He specializes in Imperial History and Politics, also Christianity, and Imperialism. He is the author of Gordon: Soldier ofxA0; Empire and The Oxford Movement: A Thematic History of the Tractarians.