A Cultural History of Western Empires the Age Enlightenment

presents historians, and scholars and students of related fields, with the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of empire from ancient times to modernity. With six highly illustrated volumes covering 2500 years, this is the definitive reference work on the subject. This volume explores the cultural history of empire in the age of enlightenment, covering: War, Trade, Natural worlds, Labor, Mobility, Sexuality, Resistance and Race.