The empire grew to rule over 400 million people, having a significant impact on people in Britain and the colonies. British colonialism in India From 1857, India was directly ruled by Britain ...

The British Empire was, as Zareer saw it ... despite serious challenges like the 1857 Mutiny, and was based on the self-interest inspired by stable governance, the rule of law, efficient ...

Key points British Empire overview activity The East India ... economy and education system of India. By 1857, the sepoys in the East India Company’s army began a rebellion after a rumour ...

Samuel Bourne’s stunning images of India, especially from his Himalayan expeditions between 1863 and 1866, stand among the ...

Nothing seems more ancient than the pageantry of the British monarchy. Yet, the grandeur seen today emerged only around 1870.

This is a major contribution to British imperial history.' John Darwin - author of Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain ‘Ruling the World takes three snapshots of metropole and empire in ...

how after the horrendous shock of the 1857 "Mutiny" the British state took over and turned this supremacy into the Raj, the jewel in the crown of the greatest empire the world had ever seen ...

This is a new history of Britain's imperial wars during the nineteenth century. Including chapters on wars fought in the hills, on the veldt, in the dense forests, and along the coast, it discusses ...

American Francis Scott Key awoke on the morning of Sept. 14, 1814, to find that "our flag was still there" after horrific ...

It offers a unique and scholarly history of the complexity of the British Empire through its origins ... The Siege of Krishapur 1857 (Pheonix Paperback, 2002 edn) ; Mary Kingsley, Travels in West ...

He is the author and editor of various works, including the forthcoming book The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads: Colonialism, Gender, and Indigenous Communism and A Political Sociology of ...

"These images capture a moment in history when the British Empire was consolidating its power ... series of photographic views on paper". In 1857, Tripe became the photographer for the Madras ...