Staying Power / by Peter Fryer (1927)

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peter Fryer, author.

Series:

African Diaspora, 1860-Present (Text)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identities and Experiences.

Racial identity.

History.

Black community.

United Kingdom.

Local Subjects:

Identities and Experiences.

Racial identity.

History.

Black community.

United Kingdom.

Genre:

Book

Physical Description:

1 online resource (657 pages)

Other Title:

Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain

Place of Publication:

London, England : Pluto Books, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

Summary:

Staying Power is a panoramic history of black Britons. Stretching back to the Roman conquest, encompassing the court of Henry VIII, and following a host of characters from Mary Seacole to the abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, Peter Fryer paints a picture of two thousand years of Black presence in Britain. First published in the '80s, amidst race riots and police brutality, Fryer's history performed a deeply political act; revealing how Africans, Asians and their descendants had long been erased from British history. By rewriting black Britons into the British story, showing where they influenced political traditions, social institutions and cultural life, was - and is - a deeply effective counter to a racist and nationalist agenda. This new edition includes the classic introduction by Paul Gilroy, author of There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack, in addition to a brand-new foreword by Guardian journalist Gary Younge, which examines the book's continued significance today as we face Brexit and a revival of right wing nationalism.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed August 26, 2024).

ISBN:

9781786803337

178680333X

9780745338316

0745338313

9780745338309

0745338305