Robert J. C. Young

This seminal work—now available in a 15th anniversary edition with a new preface—is a thorough introduction to the historical and theoretical origins of postcolonial theory. Postcolonialism provides a clearly written and wide-ranging account of postcolonialism, empire, imperialism, and colonialism, authored by one of the leading scholars on the topic. The book details the history of anti-colonial movements and their leaders...

In recent years, particularly since devolution in the UK, there have been many attempts to identify exactly what constitutes Englishness. In this major contribution to debates about English identity, leading theorist Robert Young argues that the recent uncertainty about the nature of the English arises from more than just the challenges of devolution. It is rather the long-term result of...