This Book Transcends Recent Debates About Political Correctness To Address The Underlying Problems Of Teaching Controversial Subjects In The College And University History Classroom. The Author Criticizes Both Sides Of The Debate, Rejecting, On The One Hand, Calls For A Uniform, Chronological History Curriculum And, On The Other Hand, Claims That Only Ethnic Or Racial Insiders Are Qualified To Teach About Their Chapters On Colonial, Comparative, And African History, Williams Applies The Concept Of Gandhian Truth To Historical Subjects, Moving Through Tentative And Flexible Perspectives To Achieve A Complex Picture Of Historical Episodes. And In Chapters On Imperialism, Nationalism, Racism, And The Problem Of The Other, He Discusses The Difficult And Contingent Nature Of Conceptual Language.