Historiography (The Oxford History of the British Empire, Volume V)

First paperback edition.  xxiv, 732pp.  Laminated, illustrated stiff card covers.  Large 8vo.  Some gentle edge wear to card covers, a little sunned over the spine.  Internally a few minor signs of handling else clean, bright and tight. The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major, scholarly assessment of the Empire in the light of recent research and the progressive opening of records and archives.  Volume V - Historiography - is  a thought-provoking cultural and intellectual inquiry into how we understand the past, and whether this understanding might affect the way we behave in the future.