El imperio britanico/ Empire: Como Gran Bretana forjo el orden mundial/ How Great Britain Made the Modern World

from Brumby18

Excellent perspective on geopolitical situation from historical perspective. Little dated with the current circumstances. But gives an interesting perspective of imperialism and how it affected our society of today. Worth the read

from marshapetry

Audiobook review: Difficult read. Good book, very interesting, but don't recommend it for a long car trip.

from mbmackay

Ferguson writes a pro-Empire historian, but one who is not blind to the awful aspects of the process. I learned much from this book. For example, the Indian "mutiny" of 1857 can be directly linked to the impact of missionary activity which had been barred by the East India Company, but which had ...

from bruchu

Deconstructing Anglobalization There are plenty of reviews so I will keep this one brief. I picked up this book in preparation for a course I will be taking this upcoming semester. As others have pointed out, "Empire" is by no means an exhaustive examination of the British Empire but Niall Fergus...

from raymond_and_sarah

A very readable history of the British Empire's formation, life, and end. It makes a good case that, despite the incompetence and atrocities, the Empire did achieve many good outcomes not only the obvious such as fighting slavery and defeating Fascism, but also in economic terms for both UK and C...