Encyclopedia of Empire, 4 Volume Set

John MacKenzie is Professor Emeritus of Imperial History at Lancaster University. In addition he holds honorary professorships of St. Andrews, Aberdeen and Edinburgh Universities, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He has edited the Studies in Imperialism series of Manchester University Press for the past 30 years, a series now encompassing over 100 books. He has authored and edited many publications on the history of the British Empire and has travelled extensively throughout the former empires of Britain, Portugal and the Netherlands.

• Volume ILexicon viiList of figures xxiList of maps xxvEditor-in-chief xxviiAssistant editor xxixAssociate editors xxxiAdvisory board xxxiiiNotes on contributors xxxvPreface lxxxiEmpires in world history: characteristics, concepts, and consequences lxxxiiiMaps cxiEmpire A–C 1–644Volume IIEmpire D–J 645–1232Volume IIIEmpire K–R 1233–1842Volume IVEmpire S-Z 1843–2302Index 2303

"This work by editor in chief MacKenzie (emer., Lancaster Univ.), assisted by historians Dalziel (independent scholar), Doumanis (Univ. of New South Wales), and Charney (independent scholar), offers a very thorough iteration of a common theme for reference works—empire.  The project has an exhaustive list of contributors and an impressive advisory board to aid the editors." (Choice Connect 2016)