Books by Ronald Hyam
Understanding the British Empire
by Ronald Hyam
Hyam suggests that the best way to understand the Empire is to realise what an astonishingly complicated organism it was
Interviews where books by Ronald Hyam were recommended
The best books on British Empire, recommended by David Cannadine
Historian David Cannadine tells us why it’s less interesting to argue about whether the British Empire was a force for good or ill, than to understand how it worked and why it fell apart. He suggests a reading list to get us started.
