Alan Lester

Alan Lester is Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Sussex and Adjunct Professor of History at La Trobe University. He has written extensively on British colonialism and is editor of The Truth About Empire: Real Histories of British Colonialism, published by Hurst on 27th June. He has also written a blog engaging with Imperial Measurement in greater detail: https://blogs.sussex.ac.uk/snapshotsofempire/2024/05/23/imperial-mismeasurement/

 

Articles by Alan Lester

 
5th Jun 2024
 
7th Mar 2023

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