Category Archives: Commodities of Empire
Trading Consequences: A Digging into Data Project
By Jim Clifford and Colin Coates We are embarking on a new research project, supported by a Digging into Data grant, to investigate the environmental and economic histories of the rapid expansion of commodity frontiers and trade in the British … Continue reading
AHRC Research Networking grant
We recently had the excellent news that the Commodities of Empire project has suceeded in securing an AHRC Research Networking grant. This has been awarded for the development of our digital history endeavours – primarily the establishment of an on-line … Continue reading
Commodities of Empire
An official British Academy Research Project, Commodities of Empire is a collaboration between the Open University’s Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies and the University of London School of Advanced Study’s Institute for the Study of the Americas. The … Continue reading