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Reduction of the Navy League Map Illustrating British Naval History . . . Dedicated to the Children of the British Empire

"The archetypal British Empire map," designed "to demonstrate and uphold the reality of imperial Britain's authority" and "the natural providence of Pax Britannia." Bryars 2014, 21. Show more As the ...
WGBH

Colonialism, Racism, and the British Empire in 'Around the World In 80 Days'

This article contains mild spoilers for the first five episodes of Around The World in 80 Days. While Jules Vernes’ classic novel Around The World In 80 Days has long been celebrated for its depiction ...
The New Yorker

The British Empire Was Much Worse Than You Realize

At the height of the British Empire, just after the First World War, an island smaller than Kansas controlled roughly a quarter of the world’s population and landmass. To the architects of this ...
The Nation

Born Imperial

For anti-colonial thinkers of the last century, decolonization was not a mere transfer of power. It was about reparation, including repair of the self. “Decolonization is the veritable creation of new ...
The Nation

Worldwide Devastation

British colonials with a pet cheetah in Secunderabad, India, 1906. (Hulton Archive / Getty Images) In 2005, Britain’s then–Labour chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown, chose the backdrop of ...