Race and riots in Thatcher's Britain /

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This powerful and original book locates the anti-police violence that spread across England in 1980-1 within a longer struggle against racism and disadvantage faced by black Britons, which had seen a growth in more militant forms of resistance since the Second World War. It explains these disturbanc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Peplow, Simon (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Riots.
Racism.
Race relations.
Politics and government.
Political violence.
Black people > Political activity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Racisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Violence politique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs > Activite politique > Grande-Bretagne > 20e siecle.
Racism > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Political violence > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Riots > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Black people > Political activity > Great Britain > 20th century.
Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations raciales > 20e siecle.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1979-1997.
Great Britain > Race relations > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter; Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Resistance to rebellion; 'No other way to make their points of view known'?: St Pauls, Bristol, 2 April 1980; Lacking conviction: Inquiries and trials after Bristol; Escalation: Brixton, 10-12 April 1981; 'The Brixton Defence Campaign says boycott the Scarman Inquiry'; A 'conspicuous success'?: Policing Liverpool and Manchester in July 1981
  • 'Who the hell's defending if they're going to walk out of here?': The Moss Side Defence Committee Epilogue: 'Turning point' or 'opportunity lost'? The legacy of 1980-81; Bibliography; Index

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