ABSTRACT
It is not necessary in these pages to call attention to the writings about imperialism by Jack Gallagher and Ronald Robinson. It is true that only one of their articles was actually published in the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, but the Journal itself can be considered as a running commentary on the various ideas launched by this outstanding duo. Concepts such as informal and peripheral imperialism, ideas about local crises and subimperialism, collaborationist and even excentric theories of imperialism, have all in one way or another influenced, stimulated and indeed dominated recent debate on British imperialism. It is only a slight exaggeration to suggest that the entire debate on British imperialism since the early 1950s has been a discussion of the various propositions put forward by the philosophers from the Baron of Beef.1
