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The racialisation of disorder in twentieth century Britain / Michael Rowe.
Van Pelt Library HN385.5 .R687 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rowe, Michael, 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Riots--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Riots.
- Racism.
- History.
- Ethnic relations.
- Race relations.
- Great Britain--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
- Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century.
- Social conditions.
- Racism--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot ; Brookfield, USA : Ashgate, [1998]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Law, Disorder and the Nation 1
- Public disorder in the 1980s: 'hell-bent on confrontation' 6
- 1 Marxism, Postmodernism, and the Racialisation Problematic 20
- Marxism, neo-Marxism and 'race' 20
- The classical Marxist approach 23
- The migrant labour model 25
- The relative autonomy model 28
- The postmodern challenge 33
- Reconceptualising 'race': a critically realist racialisation problematic 39
- 2 Liverpool, 1919: '...To Make An Honest Bread'? 51
- Explaining the disorders 54
- Fears surrounding miscegenation 55
- Competition for employment 58
- Citizenship and 'difference' 62
- 'Safe on sacred ground' 65
- 3 Political Disorder in 1930s Britain: 'Coloured Shirts and Tin Trumpets' 74
- Olympia, 7 June 1934: 'wholly unnecessary violence' 80
- 'The Battle of Cable Street', 4 October 1936: 'they shall not pass' 84
- Explaining the disorders 89
- Jews in the East End of London: 'you've got to be a good Yiddisher boy' 89
- Fascism, violence, and the British tradition: 'un-British weeds in British soil' 95
- 4 Nottingham and Notting Hill 1958-59: 'Ostentatious Blacks and Rowdy Whites' 105
- Explaining the disorders 112
- Housing, unemployment, and national assistance 112
- Immigration 117
- Youths, crime, and social nuisance 122
- Pimping, sex, and 'silly girls' 124
- Liberal, charitable, and community groups 126
- 5 Broadwater Farm, October 1985: 'This is not England' 135
- Explaining the disorders 140
- The primacy of law and order 140
- The racialisation of the disputes 143
- 'Demonising' Broadwater Farm 146
- Gender roles and racialisation 149
- The racialisation of disorder 164
- The 'law and order' tradition 170
- Distant disorder? 179.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-197) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1840145285
- OCLC:
- 40738123
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