Mid-Victorian Imperialists - British Gentlemen and the Empire of the Mind

Throughout the nineteenth century the British Empire was the subject of much writing; floods of articles, books and government reports were produced about the areas under British control and the policy of imperialism. Mid-Victorian Imperialists investigates how the Victorians made sense of all the information regarding the empire by examining the writings of a collection of gentlemen who were amongst the first people to join the Colonial Society in 1868-69.

Trade and Traders in Mid-Victorian Liverpool - Mercantile Business and the Making

Much has been written on the mercantile history of the port of Liverpool by many others. This Liverpool school has concentrated on recording the histories of the major shipping companies of the port. here Gaeme Milne provides a broader study of the trading community of the port in the mid-Victorian period.