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Vasco da Gama and His Successors (1970) looks at a range of Portuguese explorers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the most important being Vasco da... Læs mere
The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa (1894) is an important work... Læs mere
The Ruins of Time (1975) examines the conquest of the Maya by the Spanish, the discoveries and adventures of the first travellers among them, the dramatic journeys of Victorian archaeologists and explorers and also contemporary attempts to unravel Maya hieroglyphs.
Malta and the End of Empire (1971) examines the now-forgotten moment in 1956 when the people of Malta, Gozo and Comino were asked by the British and Maltese Governments to... Læs mere
History of the British West Indies (1954) examines the history of the islands of the Caribbean from their first discovery, through the periods of colonisation and slavery, and up to the beginnings of their status as independent nations.
History of Nigeria (1969) was first published in 1929 and completely revised by its author, and gives the history of Nigeria from before its first encounters with the British, through... Læs mere
Local Government in West Africa (1964) examines colonial and independent local government in Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone. It looks at how the local government was... Læs mere
West Africa (1977) surveys the first century of European enterprise –... Læs mere
Early Records of British India (1972) is an important collection of source material deriving from official documents which... Læs mere
James Smith (1989) is study of this hitherto-neglected maker of colonial culture, and traces the rise and decline of the transplanted ideas and values that... Læs mere
East Africa (1971) examines the social and economic as well as the political history, and takes pains to understand the ideas and motives of the various groups... Læs mere
The World Today (1974) examines the world of the late twentieth century and its roots – the disintegration of the old world is analysed in the expansion and subsequent decline of... Læs mere