The British Empire in its late-Victorian heyday spanned the globe and linked&nbsp a quarter of the world's population to Britain. The New A-Z of Empire responds to the current burgeoning interest in empires and covers 400 years of British imperial history from the founding of the East India Company in 1600, through the "First" and "Second" British Empires and includes&nbsp the "Scramble for Africa," World War I, the Mandate System, Dominion status, World War II, nationalism, decolonization, and Commonwealth development. Over 400 alphabetical entries contain a mine of essential information including individual personalities, territories, political ideas, diplomacy, law, administration, business, commerce, exploration, art, and&nbsp literature. Entries cover the essential factual information, but also include the latest historiography, extensive cross-referencing, an index, and suggestions for further reading, both in print and online. The New A-Z of Empire is an indispensable reference tool for students and specialists and the general reader.

C. Brad Faught's profile page

C. Brad Faught is Associate Professor of History at Tyndale University College, Toronto. He&nbsp received his BA in Political Science and History from the University of Calgary, MA from Queen's University, Kingston, MSt in British and Commonwealth History from St Antony's College, Oxford, and his PhD from the University of Toronto. He specializes in Imperial History and Politics, also Christianity, and Imperialism. He is the author of Gordon: Soldier of&nbsp Empire and The Oxford Movement: A Thematic History of the Tractarians.