Lecture 1. The Tudor Empire from the discovery of Newfoundland to the founding of Virginia and the death of Elizabeth I
Lecture 2. Colonies in the New World
Lecture 3. The British in India, c. 1600-1815
Lecture 4. The American Revolution and the restructured Empire
Lecture 5. Australia and New Zealand: convicts, settlers, and self-government
Lecture 6. Ireland: mother country or exploited British colony?
Lecture 7. The Canadian crisis and the spread of internal colonial self-government
Lecture 8. Trade dominion: the profits and commerce of empire
Lecture 9. The British Raj, 1815 to 1904: the high noon of empire in India
Lecture 10. The Suez Canal, Egypt, Sudan, and the Middle East
Lecture 11. The partition of Africa: opening up the dark continent
Lecture 12. Empire builders and empire critics
Lecture 13. Conflict and war in South Africa
Lecture 14. Hurrah for the Jubilee! Queen Victoria's 1897 Diamond Jubilee and the meaning of empire.