Introduction : British identities, indigenous peoples and the empire / Martin Daunton and Rick Halpern -- The British and indigenous peoples, 1760-1860 : power, perception and identity / C.A. Bayly -- ...

These 22 countries have never been ruled over by Britishers. British museums have authentic Indian weapons, clothes of kings ...

Those lessons beckon today for Britain, and America, too. In the end, the empire — “the red on the map” — was a symbol, not the basis, of British influence. The home islands themselves, it could be ...

Though the British Empire officially dissolved decades ago, its legacy is still woven into the fabric of many nations across the globe. From language and law to education systems and infrastructure, ...

Throughout its history, the British Empire has taken countless artifacts from its colonies and other countries. Governments and activists have since called for the repatriation of these cultural ...

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 ...

CNN’s Peter Bergen interviews Harvard University historian Caroline Elkins about the legacy of the British Empire and the future of countries in the Commonwealth, where the British monarch ...

Introduction : British identities, indigenous peoples and the empire / Martin Daunton and Rick Halpern -- The British and indigenous peoples, 1760-1860 : power, perception and identity / C.A. Bayly -- ...