Emily Hobhouse revealed the truth about Britain’s brutal treatment of Boer civilians during the South African War. She was ...

1838 was the second year of Queen Victoria’s reign. Looking at this single year, we can get a sense of the different experiences of life in the British Empire. In Jamaica, the abolition of ...

The British thought of their role as an enlightened ... Starting with the contributions of the empire’s troops in the second world war and the meagre thanks (or even acknowledgment) given ...

Second, the differences in public reactions ... Bergen: Was Kenya exceptional in the British Empire? Elkins: That took me about 15 years to answer and over 800 pages in my new book, “Legacy ...

The British Empire was once the largest empire in history, controlling vast territories across every continent. But how did the British manage to rule the world for centuries? This video explores the ...

The Second World War became the British Empire’s triumphant last stand as the bulwark of global liberty in the face of fascism, eliding Britain’s violent suppression of anticolonial resistance.

famines and the use of concentration camps by the British Empire. Armed Afrikaners on the veldt near Ladysmith during the second Boer War, circa 1900 (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) During the ...

It functions as the “surviving remnants of the British Empire,” according to Newman ... stated that Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were second cousins. They were third cousins.