The empires of the past were far-flung experiments in multinationalism and multiculturalism, and have much to teach us about navigating our own increasingly globalized and interconnected world. Until now, most recent scholarship on empires has focused on their subject peoples. Visions of Empire looks at their rulers, shedding critical new light on who they were, how they justif...(展开全部)

The empires of the past were far-flung experiments in multinationalism and multiculturalism, and they have much to teach us about navigating our own increasingly globalized world. Visions of Empire sheds critical new light on their rulers—who they were, how they justified their empires, how they viewed themselves, and the styles of rule they adopted toward their subjects. Krish...(展开全部)

A history of the British Empire told through twenty meals eaten around the world In The Taste of Empire, acclaimed historian Lizzie Collingham tells the story of how the British Empire's quest for food shaped the modern world. Told through twenty meals over the course of 450 years, from the Far East to the New World, Collingham explains how Africans taught Americans how to grow...(展开全部)

How the global tea industry influenced the international economy and the rise of mass consumerism Tea has been one of the most popular commodities in the world. Over centuries, profits from its growth and sales funded wars and fueled colonization, and its cultivation brought about massive changes―in land use, labor systems, market practices, and social hierarchies―the effects o...(展开全部)

The reality of being top dog is that everybody hates you. In this provocative book, noted historian and commentator Jeremy Black shows how criticisms of the legacy of the British Empire are, in part, criticisms of the reality of American power today. He emphasizes the prominence of imperial rule in history and in the world today, and the selective way in which certain countries...(展开全部)

‘This is a wholly pleasing book, which offers a tasty side dish to anyone exploring the narrative history of the British Empire’, Max Hastings, Sunday Times The glamorous daughter of an African chief shares a pineapple with a slave trader… Surveyors in British Columbia eat tinned Australian rabbit… Diamond prospectors in Guyana prepare an iguana curry… In twenty meals The Hungr...(展开全部)

In 1924, Professor Ueno Eizaburo of Tokyo Imperial University adopted an Akita puppy he named Hachiko. Each evening Hachiko greeted Ueno on his return to Shibuya Station. In May 1925 Ueno died while giving a lecture. Every day for over nine years the Akita waited at Shibuya Station, eventually becoming nationally and even internationally famous for his purported loyalty. A year...(展开全部)

[ 英] 布赖恩·莱弗里（ Brian Lavery ）,享誉盛名的海洋历史学家，英国国家海事博物馆名誉馆长。 布赖恩·莱弗里就读于爱丁堡大学，他不到 30 岁开始写作，至今著有 30多部海洋史著作。他曾担任英国广播电台历史最悠久的“时代瞭望”节目（ BBC ：Timewatch ），以及热播纪录片“海洋帝国”系列（ BBC ：Empire of the Seas ）的学术顾问。 布赖恩·莱弗里的代表作有《征服海洋》《航行： 5000 年海洋探险史》《海洋帝国》，其中《海洋帝国》为 BBC 热播同名纪录片的配套作品，荣登《星期日泰晤士报》畅销榜前列。

[ 英] 布赖恩·莱弗里（ Brian Lavery ）,享誉盛名的海洋历史学家，英国国家海事博物馆名誉馆长。 布赖恩·莱弗里就读于爱丁堡大学，他不到 30 岁开始写作，至今著有 30多部海洋史著作。他曾担任英国广播电台历史最悠久的“时代瞭望”节目（ BBC ：Timewatch ），以及热播纪录片“海洋帝国”系列（ BBC ：Empire of the Seas ）的学术顾问。 布赖恩·莱弗里的代表作有《征服海洋》《航行： 5000 年海洋探险史》《海洋帝国》，其中《海洋帝国》为 BBC 热播同名纪录片的配套作品，荣登《星期日泰晤士报》畅销榜前列。

威廉·L.西尔伯(WilliamL.Silber)，纽约大学斯特恩商学院金融学和经济学教授，证券市场格拉斯克曼研究所主任、教授。过去曾担任总统经济顾问委员会高级经济学家，还曾担任纽约联邦储备银行的经济顾问团成员，一直担任联邦储备委员会、美国参议院预算部、银行和金融服务房屋委员会、金融结构和监管协会等部门的顾问。在专业期刊上公开发表学术论文50多篇，担任《金融研究》《经济和统计评论》等杂志的副主编。出版图书和专著共9部。