Black 1919 : riots, racism and resistance in imperial Britain /

The riots that broke out in various British port cities in 1919 were a dramatic manifestation of a wave of global unrest that affected Britain, parts of its empire, continental Europe and North America during and in the wake of the First World War. This book sets out the economic and social causes o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jenkinson, Jacqueline (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, ©2009.
Series:Postcolonialism across the disciplines ; 5.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Black people > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Race riots > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Racism > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Émeutes raciales > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Racisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Personnes noires > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Black people
Race relations
Race riots
Racism
Social conditions
Hafenstadt
Rassenunruhen
Hafenstadt.
Ethnische Beziehung.
Unruhen.
Great Britain > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 20th century.
Great Britain > History > George V, 1910-1936.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1910-1936 (George V)
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Großbritannien.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The wider context of the seaport riots
  • Chief events of the riots
  • Who were the rioters?
  • Police and court responses
  • Repatriation to the colonies: the government solution to the riots and some Caribbean consequences
  • Aftermath: global reverberations, self-help, alien status and further riots.

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