Umoren, Imaobong 
ORCID: 0000-0002-0633-3223
(2025)
Empire without end: a new history of Britain and the Caribbean.
Fern Press, London, UK.
ISBN 9781911717034
Abstract
From the 1500s to the mid-twentieth century, the events that took place in the Caribbean – from conquest, colonisation and capitalism to racial slavery, revolution and migration – and the people who forged them played a seminal role in creating modern Britain and the Anglophone Caribbean. By the 1960s, Western global empires had begun to crumble. Yet the British Empire in the Caribbean did not end. Instead, colonialism was replaced with a new type of power whose impact can still be felt: neo-colonialism. Empire Without End offers a new interpretation of the British Empire, its enduring entanglement with the Anglophone Caribbean and the longevity of systemic racism. Taking a longer historical perspective starting in the period of European contact with the Caribbean and ending today, Imaobong Umoren looks at the impact and legacies of racial slavery to explore how later linked histories relating to capitalism, class, labour, war, political economy, poverty, gender and culture are crucial to telling the full story. In doing so, she sets out a compelling strategy to define our roles and responsibilities in challenging the legacy of colonialism and hierarchy – a legacy that continues to blight our society and our politics.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Official URL: | https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/443176/empire-with... |
| Additional Information: | © 2025 The Author |
| Divisions: | International History |
| Subjects: | F History United States, Canada, Latin America > F1201 Latin America (General) D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Nov 2025 09:36 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Nov 2025 10:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/130279 |
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