The Improbable Empire - Part 3: The Invisible Scaffolding – From Direct Rule to Modern Colonialism5 September 2019·968 words·5 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Postcolonialism Global Inequality Imperial Legacy Decolonization Modern Colonialism Historical Case Studies Trade and Supply Chains Military and Logistics Policy and Critique
The Improbable Empire - Part 2: The Arsenal of Expansion – The Tools and Ideology of British Supremacy4 September 2019·969 words·5 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Industrial Revolution Imperial Ideology Colonial Administration Economic Extraction Historical Case Studies Trade and Supply Chains Military and Logistics Policy and Critique
The Improbable Empire: How a Small Island Ruled the World3 September 2019·277 words·2 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Empire British History Colonialism Global Power Imperialism European Competition Historical Case Studies Trade and Supply Chains Military and Logistics Policy and Critique
The Improbable Empire - Part 1: The Fractured Crucible – How European Competition Forged a Global Template3 September 2019·1036 words·5 minsHistory and Critical Analysis European History Military Revolution Financial Innovation Imperial Expansion Historical Case Studies Trade and Supply Chains Military and Logistics Policy and Critique
The White Gold Standard: A World History of Salt - Part 8: Big Salt, Little Salt: The Global Corporation and the Gourmet Revival14 April 2019·1256 words·6 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Salt Industry Corporations Artisanal Modern History Economics Trade and Supply Chains
The White Gold Standard: A World History of Salt - Part 7: Sodium’s Perfect Marriage: When Chemistry Dethroned the Miner13 April 2019·1767 words·9 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Salt Chemistry Industrial Sodium Chlorine History Economics Trade and Supply Chains
The White Gold Standard: A World History of Salt - Part 6: The Rock and the Soul: Gandhi’s March to End an Imperial Tax12 April 2019·1531 words·8 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Salt India Gandhi British Tax March History Economics Trade and Supply Chains
The White Gold Standard: A World History of Salt - Part 5: Liberté, Egalité, Tax Breaks: The Gabelle, Contraband, and Revolution11 April 2019·2074 words·10 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Salt France Gabelle Tax Revolution Smuggling History Economics Trade and Supply Chains
The White Gold Standard: A World History of Salt - Part 4: Friday’s Treasure: Cod, Herring, and the Northern Salt Wars10 April 2019·2608 words·13 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Salt Cod Herring Basques Vikings Hanseatics History Economics Trade and Supply Chains
The White Gold Standard: A World History of Salt - Part 3: The Adriatic Empire: Venice, Salt Monopoly, and the Spice Trade9 April 2019·1408 words·7 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Salt Venice Genoa Monopoly Trade History Economics Trade and Supply Chains