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In the shadow of Enoch Powell : race, locality and resistance / Shirin Hirsch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hirsch, Shirin, author.
- Series:
- Racism, resistance and social change.
- Racism, resistance and social change
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Powell, J. Enoch (John Enoch), 1912-1998--Influence.
- Powell, J. Enoch.
- Collective memory--England--Wolverhampton.
- Collective memory.
- Wolverhampton (England)--History--20th century.
- Wolverhampton (England).
- Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 139 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- Almost 50 years ago Enoch Powell made national headlines in what would become known as his 'Rivers of Blood' speech, warning of an immigrant invasion in the once respectable streets of Wolverhampton. This locale fixation brought the Black Country town into the national spotlight, yet Powell's unstable relationship with Wolverhampton has since been overlooked. Drawing from interviews and archival material, this book offers a rich local history through which to investigate the speech, bringing to life the racialised dynamics of space during a critical moment in British history. It traces the ways in which Powell's words reinvented the town, uncovering highly contested local responses. While Powell left Wolverhampton in 1974, the book returns to the area to explore the collective memories of Powell which continue to reverberate.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 'The Commonwealth is much too common for me': another 1968
- The world in Wolverhampton
- Reverberations from 'Rivers of Blood'
- Resistance in the schools and on the buses
- A 'monstrous reputation': remembering Enoch Powell
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 1, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 9781526127402
- 1526127407
- 9781526155184
- 1526155184
- OCLC:
- 1158015650
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