iz zie ▁Col ling ham ▁( 2 0 1 7 ) ▁str esses ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁expand ing ▁the ▁food ▁supply ▁in ▁the ▁building , ▁finan cing ▁and ▁def ending ▁the ▁trade ▁aspect ▁of ▁emp ire - building . ▁ ▁Th ir teen ▁American ▁Col on ies ▁and ▁Revolution ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁British ▁Empire ▁centered ▁on ▁the ▁ 1 3 ▁American ▁Col on ies , ▁which ▁attract ed ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁sett lers ▁from ▁across ▁Britain . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 0 s ▁- ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁period ▁the ▁" Im per ial ▁School ," ▁including ▁Herbert ▁L . ▁Os good , ▁George ▁Louis ▁Be er , ▁Charles ▁M . ▁Andrew s ▁and ▁Lawrence ▁Gi pson ▁took ▁a ▁fav ou rable ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁benefits ▁of ▁emp ire , ▁emphas izing ▁its ▁successful ▁economic ▁integration . ▁ ▁Regarding ▁Columbia ▁University ▁historian ▁Herbert ▁L . ▁Os good ▁( 1 8 5 5 – 1 9 1 8 ), ▁bi ograph er ▁G w enda ▁Morgan ▁con cludes : ▁ ▁Os good ▁brought ▁a ▁new ▁s oph istic ation ▁to ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁colonial ▁relations ▁pos ing ▁the ▁question ▁from ▁an ▁institution al ▁perspective , ▁of ▁how ▁the ▁Atlantic ▁was ▁brid ged . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁American ▁historian ▁to ▁recognize ▁the ▁complexity ▁of ▁imperial ▁structures , ▁the ▁experimental ▁character ▁of ▁the ▁emp ire , ▁and ▁the ▁contradict ions ▁between ▁theory ▁and ▁practice ▁that ▁gave ▁rise , ▁on ▁both ▁sides ▁of ▁the ▁Atlantic , ▁to ▁incons isten cies ▁and ▁misunder