Book reviews

• Published in: Journal of imperial and Commonwealth history 1997, Vol.25 (1), p.141-192
• Main Authors: Burroughs, Peter, Sherman, William H., Lamb, Jonathan, Barber, Peter, Young, Richard F., Symonds, Richard, Fyfe, Christopher, Wilmot, Swithin, Emmer, P.C., Lewis, G. Malcolm, Guth, DeLloyd J., Kendle, John, Marshall, P.J., Kerr, Ian J., Barron, T.J., Cox, Jeffrey, Robinson, Francis, Aldrich, Richard J., Harkness, David, Crozier, Andrew J., Simon, David, Youngs, Tim, Judd, Denis, Phimister, Ian, Boyce, D. George, Dubow, Saul, Bartlett, C.J., Murfett, Malcolm H., Jones, Matthew, Means, Gordon P., Shipway, Martin, Jeater, Diana, Cronin, John R.
• Format: Review
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0308-6534; 1743-9329
• DOI: 10.1080/03086539708582996

The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire edited by P.J. Marshall. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp.400. £24.95 (hardback). ISBN 0-521-43211-1. Empire: The British Imperial Experience, from 1765 to the Present by Denis Judd. London: HarperCollins, 1996. Pp. xxiv + 517. £25.00 (hardback). ISBN 0-00-255237-X. Voyages in Print: English Travel to America, 1576-1624 by Mary C. Fuller. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp.xii + 210, 23 illustrations. £30 (hardback). ISBN 0-521-48161-9. Critical Issues in Editing Exploration Texts edited by Germaine Warkentin. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996. Pp. vi + 150. £26.00 (hardback). ISBN 0-8020-0694-9. Richard Kane, Governor of Minorca by Janet Sloss. Tetbury: Glos., Bonaventura Press, 1996. Pp. 352. £29.99 (hardback); £19.99 (paperback). ISBN 0-9508-1535-7. Sir William Jones by Michael J. Franklin. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1995. Pp.137. £4.95 (paperback). ISBN 0-7083-1295-0. Sir William Jones: Selected Poetical and Prose Works edited by Michael J. Franklin. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1995. Pp. xxx + 415. £45.00 (hardback). ISBN 0-7083-1294-2. Poor Relations: The Making of a Eurasian Community in British India 1773-1833 by Christopher Hawes. London: Curzon, 1996. Pp. xv + 217. £25 (hardback). ISBN 0-7007-0425-6. Reconstructing the Black Past: Blacks in Britain, 1780-1830 by Norma Myers. London: Frank Cass, 1996. Pp. ix + 157, tables. £27.00 (hardback); £12.50 (paperback). ISBN 0-7146-4575-3; 0-7146-4130-8. From Chattel Slaves to Wage Slaves: The Dynamics of Labour Bargaining in the Americas edited by Mary Turner. London: James Currey, 1995. Pp. x + 309, illustrations. £35 (hardback); £12.95 (paperback). ISBN 0-85255-712-4; 0-85255-713-2. Across Dark Waters: Ethnicity and Indian Identity in the Caribbean edited by David Dabydeen and Brinsley Samaroo. Basingstoke: Macmillan, Warwick University Caribbean Studies, 1996. Pp. xii + 222. £13.95 (paperback). ISBN 0-333-53508-1. Columbia Journals by David Thompson edited by Barbara Belyea. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994. Pp. xxiv + 336, maps. £30.00 (hardback). ISBN 0-7735-0989-5. Making Law, Order, and Authority in British Columbia, 1821-1871 by Tina Loo. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. Pp.xxiv + 239, maps. £29.00 (hardback); £12.00 (paperback). ISBN 0-8020-2961-2; 0-8020-7784-6. The Invisible Crown: The First Principle of Canadian Government by David E. Smith. Toront