Mobility was central to the construction, maintenance and dissolution of empires. This book reflects on the social, cultural and political significance of mobil

Mobility was central to imperialism, from the human movements entailed in exploration, travel and migration to the information, communications and commodity flo

Explores the many different ways in which Herodotus' Histories were read and understood during a momentous period of world history.

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This edited collection explores the intersection of historical studies and the artistic representation of the past in the long nineteenth century. The case stud