Publication

2018 - University of California Press

Language

English

Word Count

60,000 words, Guess

Page Count

240 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780520300668
  • ISBN-100520300661
  • Library of Congress Control Number2018036127
  • OCLC Control Number1048046635
  • Better World Books9780520300668
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCDA690.B6C76 2019
  • LCCDA690.B6 C76 2019

Description

"This book takes the reader inside the pubs, churches, political organizations, and social clubs of a black community in 1980s Britain. It shows how, for both the Windrush generation and their British-born children, the diasporic inheritance was a core cultural and political influence. In Handsworth, an inner-city area of Birmingham, residents looked out across the black Atlantic in order to navigate the many inequalities of the locale. In the context of Britain's enduring inability to come to terms with the legacies of empire, a black transnational sensibility emerged as a powerful feature of its urban landscapes. Black Handsworth is one compelling chapter in the much wider, unfinished story of the making of post-colonial Britain"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Black HandsworthUniversity of California Press2018

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