British Colonial Violence and the End of Empire

Abstract

Caroline Elkins is Hugo K. Foster Associate Professor of African Studies in the Department of History at Harvard University. Her research interests include colonial violence and post-conflict reconciliation in Africa, and violence and the decline of the British Empire.

Elkins's book, Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya (Henry Holt & Co., 2004), was awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. It was also selected as one of The Economist's best history books for 2005, was a New York Times editor's choice, and was a finalist for the Lionel Gelber Award.