Kammala wannan jumla: Ronald Robinson da John Andrew Gallagher dukansu suna aiki a Jami'ar Cambridge. Aikin su ya kalubalanci "fassarar al'ada" na mulkin mallaka da kuma fadada Birtaniya. Su biyun sun wallafa "The Imperialism of Free Trade" a 1953, wata kasida da ke jayayya cewa akwai wata hanyar gama gari tsakanin mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya a cikin karni na 19. Littafin da aka buga jim kadan bayan, rubuta a cikin mahallin da
Rikicin Suez na shekara ta 1956.