http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:17:52 PDT Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:17:52 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80051 This site, which notes that it is not a "rigourous academic site," tries to bring to life the peoples, cultures, adventures and domination that made the British empire such a powerful institution. Its creator, a British teacher, explains that "it is neither an apology for, nor a nostalgic reminiscince of the institution that so dominated the world for over a century. Rather, it analyses and describes the vast institution that so influenced the shape of the world that we see today."