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Robinson and Gallagher contrasted with Cain and Hopkins <Tab/>As we all have hopefully already learned, Robinson and Gallagher's main focus when it came to the study of the British Imperialism was the importance of continuity throughout Britain's imperial age. While previous imperial historians mostly limited their attention to the fluctuations within the formal empire, Robinson and Gallagher argued that we must not only pay attention to where Britain maintained direct …

…of informality, but felt that it was not the real cause of change in British imperial policy. Instead they felt that economic and social factors did played large role in the changes. <Tab/>Overall Cain and Hopkins did not think that British expansion was the product of manufacturing interests but of a gentlemanly elite who used the empire as a means of generating capital, in a way which complimented their ideals.