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He received honorary doctorates from the
University of Stirling (D. Univ.) in 1996 and the University of Birmingham (D. Litt.) in 2013. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1996. In 2011, former students and colleagues presented him with a book of essays, edited by
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Hopkins is known for his extensive work on the history of Africa, empires, and globalisation. He has been an editor of both the
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proposed in the last half century. His most recent work is a study of the United States from an
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Beyond the Great
Divergence: Reconsidering the Nineteenth Century from Asian Perspectives
608:"Roundtable XX-33 on A.G. Hopkins. American Empire: A Global History | H-Diplo | H-Net"
404:'The Real American Empire', in James Belich, John Darwin and Christopher Wickham, eds.
327:‘"Crooked Like a Stick in Water": A Fractured Autobiography’, in Wm. Roger Louis, ed.,
264:(with P. J. Cain), ‘The Theory and Practice of Imperialism’, in Raymond E. Dumett, ed.
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Imperialism, Decolonisation and Africa: Historical Essays in Honour of John
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After completing his doctorate, Hopkins was employed as an
Assistant Lecturer at the
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From Slave Trade to Empire: Europe and the
Colonisation of Black Africa, 1780s-1880s
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Professor of History, an appointment which lasted until 1994, when he became
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Understanding
Decline: Perceptions and Realities; Essays in Honour of Barry Supple
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313:‘Towards a Cosmopolitan History of Imperialism’, in Olivier Petre-Grenouilleau,
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Capitalism in the Colonies: African Merchants in Lagos, 1851–1931
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Global History: Interactions Between the Universal and the Local
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Journal of the Economic & Social History of the Orient
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Gentlemanly Capitalism, Imperialism, and Global History
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Africa, Empire, and World Disorder: Historical Essays
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