Books by Catherine Hall
“Catherine Hall is one of the most important historians working in Britain today. She’s very well thought of both within the profession and outside but I think she should be even more so. This book came out in 2002 and it was really important in in pushing this shift in the scholarship, to thinking about how Empire affected the British at home.” Read more...
The best books on British Colonialism
Charlotte Lydia Riley, Historian
Interviews where books by Catherine Hall were recommended
The best books on British Colonialism, recommended by Charlotte Lydia Riley
Various interpretations of imperial history have become deeply entrenched in the so-called culture wars. But this is nothing new, argues Charlotte Lydia Riley, author of the ‘alternative history’ Imperial Island: historians have always served political agendas. Here she recommends five of the best books on British colonialism.
