Stephanie Barczewski is Professor of Modern British History at Clemson University

'[Country Houses and the British Empire] is well written and researched, as well as properly documented. It is also laudable in its coverage of the entire British Isles, not just England.'G. A. Bremner, Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society

• Introduction: British country houses and empire, 1700–19301. Colonial merchants2. Indian nabobs3. West Indian planters4. Military and naval officers and other categories of imperial estate purchasers5. The impact of imperial wealth on British landed estates6. The cultural display of empire in country houses 7. The discourse of commodities8. The discourse of cosmopolitanism9. The discourse of conquest10. The discourse of collectingConclusionAppendicesSelect bibliographyIndex

Stephanie Barczewski is Professor of Modern British History at Clemson University

'[Country Houses and the British Empire] is well written and researched, as well as properly documented. It is also laudable in its coverage of the entire British Isles, not just England.'G. A. Bremner, Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society

• Introduction: British country houses and empire, 1700–19301. Colonial merchants2. Indian nabobs3. West Indian planters4. Military and naval officers and other categories of imperial estate purchasers5. The impact of imperial wealth on British landed estates6. The cultural display of empire in country houses 7. The discourse of commodities8. The discourse of cosmopolitanism9. The discourse of conquest10. The discourse of collectingConclusionAppendicesSelect bibliographyIndex