The Colonial Reckoning

鈥楾he Colonial Reckoning鈥? by Margery Perham. Collins, 1961. Hardback, complete with original (slightly stained and very slightly torn) dust jacket, 160 pp.Two small purple stamps on the front endpapers: 鈥楰 THIRU TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD鈥.Condition: Fair拢14.99These were given as the Reith Lectures back in 1961, when the very word 鈥榗olonialism鈥? was considered (by this author) to be a relatively recent word, at least in its pejorative sense. (The word itself dates back to the eighteenth century.) The lecturer was herself already a distinguished historian of African affairs, and would later be awarded a Damehood for her services to education.The six chapters are as follows: 鈥楥olo.