▁More ▁recently , ▁attention ▁has ▁been ▁paid ▁to ▁the ▁material , ▁emot ional , ▁and ▁financial ▁links ▁among ▁the ▁different ▁regions . ▁ ▁Both ▁Bur ton ▁and ▁Sin ha ▁stress ▁the ▁ways ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁politics ▁of ▁gender ▁and ▁race ▁linked ▁Britain ▁and ▁India . ▁Sin ha ▁suggested ▁that ▁these ▁link ages ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁an ▁" imper ial ▁social ▁formation ", ▁an ▁une ven ▁but ▁integr ative ▁set ▁of ▁arguments , ▁ideas ▁and ▁institutions ▁that ▁connected ▁Britain ▁to ▁its ▁colon ies . ▁ ▁More ▁recent ▁work ▁by ▁sch ol ars ▁such ▁as ▁Alan ▁L ester ▁and ▁Tony ▁Ball ant y ne ▁have ▁str essed ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁the ▁networks ▁that ▁made ▁up ▁the ▁emp ire . ▁L ester ' s ▁Imperial ▁Network s ▁( 2 0 0 1 ) ▁re construct ed ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁deb ates ▁and ▁policies ▁that ▁linked ▁Britain ▁and ▁South ▁Africa ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁Ball ant y ne ' s ▁Oriental ism ▁and ▁Race ▁developed ▁an ▁influ ential ▁new ▁model ▁for ▁writing ▁about ▁colonial ism ▁in ▁highlight ing ▁the ▁" web s ▁of ▁emp ire " ▁that ▁he ▁suggested ▁made ▁up ▁the ▁emp ire . ▁These ▁web s ▁were ▁made ▁up ▁of ▁the ▁flows ▁of ▁ideas , ▁books , ▁arguments , ▁money , ▁and ▁people ▁that ▁not ▁only ▁moved ▁between ▁London ▁and ▁Britain ' s ▁colon ies , ▁but ▁also ▁moved ▁directly ▁from ▁col ony ▁to ▁col ony , ▁from ▁places ▁like ▁India ▁to ▁New ▁Zealand . ▁Many ▁histor ians ▁now ▁focus ▁on