The 15 articles in this text represent the late author's work and interest in the British world of the 18th and 19th centuries, including British relations with Canada, America and India. The final collection of three essays illustrates Anglo-Indian relations and the tea trade.
'Historians of Hanoverian Britain and its empire will welcome this volume....' International History Review, Vol. XXI, No. 4 'By bringing together many of Lawson's articles and essays, this volume serves a very useful purpose. It is an important book and deserves a broad readership.' Reviews in History