From State Guilt to Citizen Attitudes: Investigating the Portrayal of Colonial Legacies and Immigration in Secondary School Textbooks

• In Event: Politics of Empire

Brief Overview

This paper investigates the portrayal of immigrants, minorities, and colonial legacies in history textbooks from the UK in order to shed light on the ways in which these texts shape public attitudes towards out-groups and who belongs to the nation.

Author

• Morgan Quinnelly, University of North Texas