Economic history
World of Ideas
Part of A Guide to the 20th Century, this covers Communism, liberalism, Fascism and Nazism and more.
- American Colossus
Professor Niall Ferguson demonstrates that, in terms of economics and military capability, the United States sometimes exceeds the British empire at its height. - The British Slave Trade: A chronology
From the first British slave trader Sir John Hawkins to the Slavery Abolition Act and US Emancipation Proclamation. - Empire and Globalisation
Niall Ferguson explains how the British empire provided the framework for present-day globalisation. - The Empire Pays Back
Should the companies and other institutions that profited from the slave trade apologise and pay reparations? - The Sinews of War
The curator of the Bank of England Museum reflects on the Bank's role in funding Britain's wars. - The Slave Trade and the Industrial Revolution
How the slave trade helped Britain become the 'workshop of the world' while reinforcing a racist view of Africans. - World of Ideas
Part of A Guide to the 20th Century, this covers Communism, liberalism, Fascism and Nazism and more. - World of Work
Part of A Guide to the 20th Century, this covers the free market, the Great Depression, globalisation and more. - See also Communism
