Windrush (1948) and Rivers of Blood (1968)
Legacy and Assessment
1st Edition
Published on 30. October 2019
Book
Hardback
228 pages
978-0-367-22969-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume looks at Britain since 1948 - the year when the Empire Windrush brought a group of 492 hopeful Caribbean immigrants to the United Kingdom. "Post-war Britain" may still be the most common label attached to studies in contemporary British history, but the contributors to this book believe that "post-Windrush Britain" has an explanatory power which is equally useful. The objective is to study the Windrush generation and Enoch Powell's now infamous speech not only in their original historical context but also as a key element in the political, social and cultural make-up of today's Britain. Contributions to the book use a diversity of approaches: from the lucid, forward-looking assessment by Trevor Phillips, which opens the volume; through Patrick Vernon's account of the legacy of Powell's speech in Birmingham and how it inspired him to launch a national campaign for Windrush Day; to the plea from novelist and playwright Chris Hannan for a fully inclusive, national conversation to help overturn deeply ingrained prejudice in all parts of our society.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
3 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 7 s/w Tabellen
7 Tables, black and white; 3 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
537 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-22969-6 (9780367229696)
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Person
Trevor Harris is Professor of British Studies at the Universite Bordeaux Montaigne.
Content
List of contributors
Preface
Part I - Windrush and Powell: context, reaction, testimony
Chapter 1 2048: Europe One Hundred Years on from Windrush - Trevor Phillips OBE
Chapter 2 The Children of the Windrush Generation: An Oral History Study - Sharon Baptiste
Chapter 3 The Stars Campaign for Interracial Friendship and the Notting Hill Riots of 1958 - Rick Blackman
Chapter 4 Many Rivers to Cross: The Legacy of Enoch Powell in Wolverhampton - Patrick Vernon OBE
Chapter 5 Enoch Powell, the Anglosphere, and the roots of Brexit - David Shiels
Chapter 6 Citizen Backlash Correspondence: Letters to Enoch Powell after "Rivers of Blood" - Neal Allen
Part II - Caribbean legacies: Culture in Britain since Windrush
Chapter 7 Producing a (cultural) identity: nation and immigration in Stuart Hall's writing - Carlos Navarro Gonzalez
Chapter 8 "There soon may not be any West Indian left who made the passage to England": Caryl Phillips and the Windrush Years - Josiane Ranguin
Chapter 9 Letters and Chronicles from the Windrush Generation: Epistolary Sorrow, Epistolary Joy - Judith Misrahi-Barak
Chapter 10 "Don't Call Us Immigrants": The Musical and Political Legacy of Reggae in Britain - David Bousquet
Chapter 11 Forever Other? Black Britons on Screen (1959-2016) - Anne-Lise Marin-Lamellet
Chapter 12 The Windrush Generation in the Picture: Armet Francis, Neil Kenlock, Dennis Morris and Charlie Phillips - Kerry-Jane Wallart
Chapter 13 Chris Hannan's What Shadows: What drama? A conversation with the nation - Pascal Cudicio
Chapter 14 In Conversation with Chris Hannan, author of What Shadows
Part III - Post-war British immigration policy in context: two international comparisons
Chapter 15 Framing and Legitimising Discriminatory Immigration Policies: A Cross-Channel Survey (1948-1970) - Vincent Latour and Catherine Puzzo
Chapter 16 The Empire Windrush Migration in international context: Debates about Race and Colour of Skin in British Canada, 1900s-1960s - Dirk Hoerder
Index
Preface
Part I - Windrush and Powell: context, reaction, testimony
Chapter 1 2048: Europe One Hundred Years on from Windrush - Trevor Phillips OBE
Chapter 2 The Children of the Windrush Generation: An Oral History Study - Sharon Baptiste
Chapter 3 The Stars Campaign for Interracial Friendship and the Notting Hill Riots of 1958 - Rick Blackman
Chapter 4 Many Rivers to Cross: The Legacy of Enoch Powell in Wolverhampton - Patrick Vernon OBE
Chapter 5 Enoch Powell, the Anglosphere, and the roots of Brexit - David Shiels
Chapter 6 Citizen Backlash Correspondence: Letters to Enoch Powell after "Rivers of Blood" - Neal Allen
Part II - Caribbean legacies: Culture in Britain since Windrush
Chapter 7 Producing a (cultural) identity: nation and immigration in Stuart Hall's writing - Carlos Navarro Gonzalez
Chapter 8 "There soon may not be any West Indian left who made the passage to England": Caryl Phillips and the Windrush Years - Josiane Ranguin
Chapter 9 Letters and Chronicles from the Windrush Generation: Epistolary Sorrow, Epistolary Joy - Judith Misrahi-Barak
Chapter 10 "Don't Call Us Immigrants": The Musical and Political Legacy of Reggae in Britain - David Bousquet
Chapter 11 Forever Other? Black Britons on Screen (1959-2016) - Anne-Lise Marin-Lamellet
Chapter 12 The Windrush Generation in the Picture: Armet Francis, Neil Kenlock, Dennis Morris and Charlie Phillips - Kerry-Jane Wallart
Chapter 13 Chris Hannan's What Shadows: What drama? A conversation with the nation - Pascal Cudicio
Chapter 14 In Conversation with Chris Hannan, author of What Shadows
Part III - Post-war British immigration policy in context: two international comparisons
Chapter 15 Framing and Legitimising Discriminatory Immigration Policies: A Cross-Channel Survey (1948-1970) - Vincent Latour and Catherine Puzzo
Chapter 16 The Empire Windrush Migration in international context: Debates about Race and Colour of Skin in British Canada, 1900s-1960s - Dirk Hoerder
Index