Captives
/ Linda Colley.
- New York : Anchor Books , 2004, c2002.
- xvii, 438 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 386-424) and index.
Re-examines the history of the British empire from the unusual perspective of the British men and women held captive--literally and figuratively--by those they were sent to conquer, exploring the complex dynamics between invader and invaded, the character of cross-cultural conflicts and collusions, and the meaning of empire, both in the past and present.