Envisioning an English Empire examines the founding of Jamestown in 1607 within its global, political, and cultural contexts.

Although empires have shaped the political development of virtually all the states of the modern world, "imperialism" has not figured largely in the mainstream

This study situates the colonization of Virginia, the centrepiece of early English overseas settlement activity, in the social and political landscape of the ea

To understand the foundations of American political institutions, it's necessary to understand the rationale for British colonial institutions that survived the

This study sets out to overcome the curious prejudice that the ocean is a barrier rather than a means of communication, demonstrating this with regard to the En