Richard Drayton
Rhodes Professor of Imperial History at King's College London
2 episodes
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The Berlin Conference
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Berlin Conference, the international summit which formalised European colonial activity in Africa.
31 October 2013
Also featuring: Richard Rathbone, Joanna Lewis
Imperial Science
Melvyn Bragg discusses whether agriculture and an attitude towards nature, or the protection of trade routes was the main impulse that drove British imperial expansion in the 19th century.
1 February 2001
Also featuring: Maria Misra, Ziauddin Sardar