Maria Misra
Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Keble College, Oxford
3 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
CultureScienceFormer empiresImperialismHistorical transcontinental empiresFormer monopolies, Trade monopoliesChartered companiesVictorian eraOverseas empiresColonial Indian companiesAge of Sail, Defunct companies of the United KingdomHistory of foreign trade in ChinaBritish East India CompanyHistory1583 establishments in the British Empire, British Empire, Former countries in Ireland, States and territories disestablished in 1997, States and territories established in 1583
The East India Company
Melvyn Bragg discusses the powerful private trading company that redrew the map of India, built an empire and reinvented the fashions and the foodstuffs of Britain.
26 June 2003
Also featuring: Huw Bowen, Linda Colley
The British Empire
Melvyn Bragg discusses the British Empire, what drove Britain to follow the imperial road and what was its legacy?
8 November 2001
Also featuring: Peter Cain, Catherine Hall