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Lauren Benton and Lisa Ford find the origins of international law in empires, especially in the British Empire’s sprawling efforts to refashion the imperial c

Empire is an evocative, yet little examined, word. It can mean the domination of vast territories, a Christian world order, a corrupt form of government, or a h

Empires have returned as features of the international scene. With the Cold War's global ideological contest gone, alternative structures such as the War on Ter

A historian and anthropologist use demographic and economic factors to explain the waning hegemony of the United States.

This book reveals how the structures and practices of past empires interact with and shape contemporary 'national' ones.