Before the Windrush : Race Relations in 20th-Century Liverpool / John Belchem.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Belchem, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liverpool (England)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Liverpool (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Long before the arrival of the 'Empire Windrush' after the Second World War, Liverpool was widely known for its polyglot population, its boisterous 'sailortown' and cosmopolitan profile of transients, sojourners and settlers. Regarding Britain as the mother country, 'coloured' colonials arrived in Liverpool for what they thought to be internal migration into a common British world. What they encountered, however, was very different. Their legal status as British subjects notwithstanding, 'coloured' colonials in Liverpool were the first to discover: 'There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack'.Despite the absence of significant new immigration, despite the high levels of mixed dating, marriages and parentage, and despite pioneer initiatives in race and community relations, black Liverpudlians encountered racial discrimination, were left marginalized and disadvantaged and, in the aftermath of the Toxteth riots of 1981, the once proud 'cosmopolitan' Liverpool stood condemned for its 'uniquely horrific' racism.'Before the Windrush' is a fascinating study that enriches our understanding of how the empire 'came home'. By drawing attention to Liverpool's mixed population in the first half of the twentieth century and its approach to race relations, this book seeks to provide historical context and perspective to debates about Britain's experience of empire in the twentieth century.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

List of illustrations

List of tables

List of abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Sources consulted

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Aug 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78138-585-8

1-78138-715-X

OCLC:

891701651