Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Peter Cain

Research Professor in History at Sheffield Hallam University

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Covers topics in categories such as:

CultureFormer empiresHistorical transcontinental empiresImperialismVictorian era1583 establishments in the British Empire, States and territories established in 1583, Former countries in Ireland, States and territories disestablished in 1997, British Empire, Overseas empires

  1. 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

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    Also featuring: Maria Misra, Catherine Hall

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    CultureFormer empiresHistorical transcontinental empiresImperialismVictorian era1583 establishments in the British Empire, States and territories established in 1583, Former countries in Ireland, States and territories disestablished in 1997, British Empire, Overseas empires