Edyta Bojanowska uses Ivan Goncharov's gripping travelogue--a bestseller in nineteenth-century Russia--as a unique eyewitness account of empire in action. Slow

Through the lens of a classic Russian travelogue, this historical study examines early globalization and Russia’s participation in the Imperial race. In the 1

Burbank and Cooper examine Rome and China from the third century BCE, empires that sustained state power for centuries.

Beautifully illustrated with 60 fascinating maps and many illustrations. Accessible and informative history of all of the world's major empires, describing the

The story of the world in the last five thousand years is above all the story of its languages. Some shared language is what binds any community together and ma