Books by Ronald (University of Cambridge) Hyam

Drawing on a lifetime's research and reflection on the history of the British Empire by one of the senior figures in the field, this wide-ranging volume covers key themes essential to understanding the complexities of the British Empire, including religion and ethics, sexuality, geopolitical and economic dynamics and imperial bureaucracy.

An authoritative 2007 history of one of the world's most important empires on the road to decolonisation. Ronald Hyam offers a major reassessment of the end of empire which combines a study of British policymaking with case studies on the experience of decolonization after 1945.

This book traces the volatile relationship of Britain and South Africa from war in 1899-1902 to South Africa's return to the Commonwealth, post-apartheid, in 1994. This is an important contribution to the history of South Africa, British imperial history and twentieth-century international relations.