Download or read book The British Empire written by Professor Jeremy Black and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-10-28 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the most prominent and wide-ranging empire in world history, the British Empire, Jeremy Black provides not only a history of that empire, but also a perspective from which to consider the issues of its strengths and weaknesses, and rights and wrongs. The book addresses global decline, decolonisation, and the complex nature of post-colonialism and different imperial activity in modern and contemporary history.