The Oxford Companion to Black British History
A comprehensive A-Z guide to the history of black people in the British Isles from classical times to the present day. There are entries for landmark figures (e.g. Mary Seacole, Crimean nurse, and Walter Tull, footballer and First World War officer), key...
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A comprehensive A-Z guide to the history of black people in the British Isles from classical times to the present day. There are entries for landmark figures (e.g. Mary Seacole, Crimean nurse, and Walter Tull, footballer and First World War officer), key events (the Somerset Case, the Brixton Riots), concepts (Emancipation, Reparations), and historical accounts. Subject areas range from medicine and warfare to art, music, sport, and education.
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Introduction; Editors, Advisory Editors, and Contributors; Note to the Reader; Thematic Contents List; A-Z entries; Timeline; Select Bibliography
Autoren-Porträt
Dr Cecily Jones is a member of the Sociology Department of the University of Warwick, and Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Caribbean Studies there. Her teaching and research interests address the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity and class in the slave plantation societies of the Caribbean and the Antebellum Southern states of North America; black feminist thought, and equality in higher education. Her publications include 'A Darker Shade of White: Gender and Social Class in the Reproduction of White Identity in Barbadian Plantation Society' in Heloise Brown, Madi Gilkes, and Ann Kaloski (eds) White Woman (1999), and 'Black Women in Ivory Towers: Racism and Sexism in the Academy' in Pauline Anderson and Jenny Williams (eds) Identity andDifference in Higher Education (2001).
Bibliographische Angaben
- 592 Seiten, mit Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 16,6 x 24 cm, Gebunden
- Herausgegeben: David Dabydeen, John Gilmore, Cecily Jones
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0192804391
- ISBN-13: 9780192804396
- Erscheinungsdatum: 22.03.2007
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The editors of the new Oxford Companion to Black British History have done us a great service...They have come up with a volume which is gripping, full of extraordinary people, events and insights. Joanna Blythman, Sunday Herald (Glasgow - Seven Days) [A] most useful compendium of our recent knowledge. Journal of the Historical Association [There are] countless captivating facts in this tour de force of debunking and education...The OCBBH is packed with enough enlightenment and sheer serendipity to make one wish it were twice as long. Anyone who wants to understand what British is all about should buy a copy. Margaret Busby, The Independent (Review) An essential reference book and the first of its kind...This is an informative and fascinating read, which every black household should have. Pride Magazine A magisterial excavation of black Britain...every student in the country should read it. Christina Patterson, The Independent Essential Graham Gendall Norton, History Today
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