(Paperback)

The idea that the British empire was built on freedom is a myth. Britain rose to global power in the eighteenth century on the backs of enslaved workers. And although Britain was the first European empire to abolish slavery, even British abolitionism was shaped by the slave empire.

(Paperback)

A landmark history of work, poverty, land reform and political economy in the era of the Irish Famine.

(Hardback)

A landmark history of work, poverty, land reform and political economy in the era of the Irish Famine.

(Hardback)

The idea that the British empire was built on freedom is a myth. Britain rose to global power in the eighteenth century on the backs of enslaved workers. And although Britain was the first European empire to abolish slavery, even British abolitionism was shaped by the slave empire.