The names of many streets in Kampala reek of colonialism, those of the imperial British colonial administrators.

Reviewed by Michael J Boyle Mercantilism is an economic policy designed to increase a nation's wealth through exports, which ...

More specifically, we usually seem to be talking about a movement based on 19th Century industrial colonial empires with their origin being Europe. You can see why. If you want to talk about the ...

The unexpected negotiations between the United States and the Russian Federation that began in Saudi Arabia in February were ...

The British Empire stretched over 13 million square miles across several continents—23 percent of the world's land—at its height in 1922, whence comes the phrase: "The sun never sets on the ...

In the 1850s, persecution of French missionaries gave France an excuse to expand their colonial empire into Vietnam. In 1859, French troops destroyed the citadel at Gia Dinh. Skirmishes continued ...

This was particularly true in the so-called ‘dependent’ or ‘colonial’ empire’ (viz. those territories governed through London, as distinct from the self-governing dominions), the ...

Spain built its empire in the 1500s. It controlled 80 per cent of the world’s silver because it conquered several colonies in Latin America, such as Peru and Mexico. England wanted the money and ...