As someone who grew up in the last days of the British Empire, I am often asked how it was that so few people controlled so ...

A white Jewish Englishman who came of age during the early 19th century, he spent much of his career on the outer reaches of the British Empire in Africa. In South Africa, he won the trust of the ...

As someone who grew up in the last days of the British Empire, I am often asked how it was that so few people controlled so ...

Bullish (Video) 19th Century British Reform Bills: House of Commons & Parliament Posted: March 7, 2025 | Last updated: March 7, 2025 The film discusses the evolution of voting rights in 19th ...

Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British and Irish Studies at UB brings together faculty whose interests and scholarship focus on the literary, cultural, and political histories of modern Britain ...