Table of Contents

Introduction
1: Dublin Castle
2: King's House, Spanish Town, Jamaica
3: Capitol Building, Williamsburg, Virginia
4: Fort St Angelo, Malta
5: Botanical Gardens, Christchurch, New Zealand
6: Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo
7: Kuala Lumpur Railway Station, Malaya
8: Vice-Regal Lodge, Simla
9: Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
10: Raffles Hotel, Singapore
11: Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum
12: British Empire Stadium, Wembley
13: Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Ashley Jackson is Professor of Imperial and Military History at King's College London, and a Visiting Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the history of the British Empire, including The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction, which is forthcoming from Oxford University Press.

Reviews

A particularly interesting analysis of the influence of the British, using well-chosen examples to explain his view. An absorbing study which encourages the reader to visit these remarkable places.
*Phil Bloomfield, Oxford Times*

This book - at one level a deliciously adventurous romp along the byways of Empire - is also an intelligent and important work, as valuable and of as lasting importance as the buildings it so lovingly chronicles.
*Simon Winchester, author of Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire and co-author of Stones of Empire: Buildings of the Raj*

these studies illuminate many aspects of British imperial history as the sites evolved over time and often in very particular ways.
*Eugenia W. Herbert, American Historical Review*