A sweeping account of how small wars shaped global order in the age of empiresImperial conquest a...

A Search for Sovereignty examines how European imperial powers imagined imperial space, construct...

A Search for Sovereignty approaches world history by examining the relation of law and geography ...

For five centuries protection has provided a basic currency for organising relations between poli...

This book situates protection at the centre of the global history of empires, thus advancing a ne...

Advances an interesting perspective in world history, arguing that institutions and culture - and...

Advances an interesting perspective in world history, arguing that institutions and culture - and...

A New York roofer requests payment in cash. A Bogota car mechanic sets up 'shop' on a quiet side ...

International law burst on the scene as a new field in the late nineteenth century. Where did it ...

Invisible Factories analyzes the role of the informal economy in national development and weighs ...

A World at Sea sharpens and expands our understanding of how the maritime world contributed to gl...

This wide-ranging volume advances our understanding of law and empire in the early modern world. ...

Lauren Benton and Lisa Ford find the origins of international law in empires, especially in the B...