Captives /
Linda Colley.
- New York : Pantheon Books, 2002.
- xvii, 438 p. : ill., plate., facsm., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 386-424) and index.
Mediterranean: Captives and constraints; tangier; the crescent and the sea; telling the tale; confronting Islam--- América: Captives and embarrassments; different americans, different britons; war anda new world; revolutions--- India: Captives and conquest; another passage to India; The tiger and the sword; captives in uniform--- Epilogue: To Afgahanistan and Beyond.
Re-examines the history of the British empire from the perspective of those held captive, exploring the dynamics between invader and invaded, the character of cross-cultural conflicts, and the meaning of empire.