Gregory A. Barton is a Senior Fellow in the School of History at the Australian National University. He is an historian of British, world and environmental history and Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Britain and the World.

• 1. Models of Global Transformation 2. The Idea of Informal Empire 3. The Palmerstonian Project 4. Informal Empire and Africa 5. Informal Empire and the Americas 6. Informal Empire and Asia 7. Informal Empire and the Middle East 8. United States and the Imperial Web 9. Resistance ?

Gregory A. Barton is a Senior Fellow in the School of History at the Australian National University. He is an historian of British, world and environmental history and Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Britain and the World.

• 1. Models of Global Transformation 2. The Idea of Informal Empire 3. The Palmerstonian Project 4. Informal Empire and Africa 5. Informal Empire and the Americas 6. Informal Empire and Asia 7. Informal Empire and the Middle East 8. United States and the Imperial Web 9. Resistance ?

Gregory A. Barton is a Senior Fellow in the School of History at the Australian National University. He is an historian of British, world and environmental history and Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Britain and the World.

• 1. Models of Global Transformation 2. The Idea of Informal Empire 3. The Palmerstonian Project 4. Informal Empire and Africa 5. Informal Empire and the Americas 6. Informal Empire and Asia 7. Informal Empire and the Middle East 8. United States and the Imperial Web 9. Resistance ?