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Abstract
A full understanding of Black and Asian history within the British context is integral to achieving a truly multicultural Britain. In this landmark book, Ron Ramdin offer the first complete history of both the Black and Asian experience in Britain
Blacks and Asians have a long history in the British Isles. Ramdin illustrates this by covering a 500-year period, from 1500 to the present day. He recounts the major historical episodes and covers all the major figures, including Ottobah Cugoano, William Cuffay, William Davidson, George Padmore, Mary Seacole, C.L.R. James, V.S. Naipaul, Sam Selvon, Walter Tull, Shirley Bassey, Bill Morris, Salman Rushdie, Hanif Kureshi and Bernie Grant.
In bringing the largely hidden histories of these immigrant communities to the fore, Ron Ramdin’s wide-ranging study challenges conventional histories of the British Isles. Reimaging Britain will lead to a reappraisal of how ‘British’ history is written in the future.
'Very interesting. It enabled me to gain further insight into the difficulties black and Asian people experienced in this country and their own country of origin over a 500-year period'
RACE: Multi-Cultural Journal
'A thorough history. It recounts the major historical episodes, and includes material on all the main figures, from Olaudah Equiano to Salman Rushdie'
Commission for Racial Equality
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTENTS | v | ||
| PREFACE | ix | ||
| PROLOGUE | xi | ||
| PART ONE: THE \"BLACKAMOORES'\" PRESENCE (1500 –1900) | 1 | ||
| 1. AFRICANS AND ASIANS IN THE BRITISH ISLES (1500-1833) | 3 | ||
| BRITAIN, AFRICA AND THE WEST INDIES | 3 | ||
| IMAGES OF ‘BRITAIN' AS A NATION | 7 | ||
| AFRICAN SLAVERY | 10 | ||
| THE BLACK COMMUNITY (1550–1800) | 14 | ||
| THE SIERRA LEONE EXPERIMENT | 17 | ||
| BRITISH INDIA | 26 | ||
| BREAKING FREE (1780s–1820s) | 30 | ||
| 2. AFRO-ASIANS AFTER EMANCIPATION (1833-1900) | 37 | ||
| BRITAIN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: AN HISTORICAL OUTLINE | 37 | ||
| ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND AND WALES | 39 | ||
| INDIA | 40 | ||
| THE COLONIAL LABOUR PROBLEM | 47 | ||
| EMIGRATION WITHIN THE BRITISH EMPIRE | 50 | ||
| EAST INDIAN INDENTURESHIP: THE ‘NEW ’SLAVERY | 51 | ||
| HEROIC PERSONALITIES | 56 | ||
| ASIANS IN BRITAIN | 60 | ||
| BLACK PERFORMERS AND ‘BLACKFACE' (MINSTRELSY) | 76 | ||
| RESISTANCE: THE AFRICAN AND ASIAN INTELLIGENTSIA | 83 | ||
| EARLY REPRESENTATION AND RESISTANCE FROM THE INDIAN EMPIRE | 88 | ||
| PART TWO: BRITAIN AND EMPIRE (1900–62) | 97 | ||
| BRITAIN: AN HISTORICAL OUTLINE (1900-56) | 99 | ||
| DEVELOPMENTS FROM 1930 TO 1956 | 104 | ||
| 3. RACISM, EMPIRE AND LABOUR | 112 | ||
| THE ABOLITION OF THE SYTEM OF EAST INDIAN INDENTURE | 115 | ||
| BRITISH LABOUR AND IMPERIALISM | 117 | ||
| THE CONSEQUENCES OF EMPIRE: CARDIFF AND LIVERPOOL | 119 | ||
| WALTER TULL | 121 | ||
| THE TIGER BAY COMMUNITY | 123 | ||
| INDIANS BEFORE AND AFTER THE TWO WORLD WARS | 128 | ||
| THE DEVELOPING COMMUNITY | 136 | ||
| 4. AFRO-ASIAN CHALLENGES ( PRE-1962) | 141 | ||
| INDIAN NATIONALISTS IN BRITAIN IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY | 143 | ||
| SHAPURJI SAKLATVALA | 145 | ||
| KRISHNA MENON | 148 | ||
| LEADING PANAFRICANISTS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY | 151 | ||
| NEWCOMERS (1950–62) | 163 | ||
| THE RIOTS OF 1958 | 176 | ||
| IMAGES OF BLACK PEOPLE IN FILMS AND TELEVISION (PRE-1960) | 183 | ||
| PART THREE: THE EMPIRE WITHIN (1956–98) | 191 | ||
| AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ( 1956 to the Early 1990s) | 193 | ||
| THE THATCHER YEARS | 202 | ||
| THE MAJOR YEARS | 208 | ||
| 5. THE MIGRANT WORKERS' STORY | 211 | ||
| THE INDO-CARIBBEAN PRESENCE IN BRITAIN | 212 | ||
| STRUGGLES AT WORK: FROM THE 1970s TO THE 1980s | 217 | ||
| GRUNWICK: THE STRIKE | 220 | ||
| CARIBBEAN WOMEN: NURSES AND ANCILLARY WORKERS | 223 | ||
| AFRO-ASIAN WORKERS AND THE BRITISH TRADE UNION MOVEMENT | 229 | ||
| 6. MIGRANTS IN TRANSITION AND AUTHORITARIANISM (1960-89) | 239 | ||
| ASIANS: MOVING ON (PRE-1970s) | 241 | ||
| YOUNG ASIANS | 244 | ||
| ASIANS: POST-1970 DEVELOPMENTS | 246 | ||
| BLACK YOUTH | 248 | ||
| BLACK PEOPLE AND THE POLICE | 250 | ||
| 7. MIGRANT COMMUNITIES: LEADERS AND GROUPINGS (1960–89) | 258 | ||
| THE TIGER BAY COMMUNITY | 258 | ||
| THE ‘STANDING CONFERENCE' AND THE ‘CAMPAIGN AGAINST RACIAL DISCRIMINATION’ | 263 | ||
| APPROACHES FROM THE TOP: THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST RACIAL DISCRIMINATION | 266 | ||
| BLACK CHURCHES | 276 | ||
| ASIAN WORKERS AND COMMUNITY CONCERNS BEFORE 1970 | 278 | ||
| ASIANS IN THE 1970s AND1980s: THE WORKERS’ STRUGGLE | 282 | ||
| ENTERPRISE AND RELIGIOUS PLURALISM | 285 | ||
| THE INDO-CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY: THE 1970s TO THE 1980s | 292 | ||
| RUDY NARAYAN | 293 | ||
| AFRO-ASIAN COMMUNITY INITIATIVES: THE 1970s AND 1980s | 295 | ||
| THE BLACK WOMEN’S MOVEMENT | 298 | ||
| ASIANS IN THE 1980s | 301 | ||
| 8. TOWARDS THE MILLENNIUM: ETHNIC MINORITIES IN THE 1990s | 306 | ||
| A BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND | 306 | ||
| ETHNIC MINORITIES IN THE 1990s | 308 | ||
| REIMAGING BRITAIN: LITERARY AND ARTISTIC IDENTITY | 336 | ||
| NOTES | 351 | ||
| Prologue | 351 | ||
| Chapter 1 Africans and Asians in the British Isles | 351 | ||
| Chapter 2 Afro-Asians after Emancipation | 352 | ||
| Britain: An Historical Outline | 354 | ||
| Chapter 3 Racism, Empire and Labour | 354 | ||
| Chapter 4 Afro-Asian Challenges | 355 | ||
| An Historical Overview of the United Kingdom | 358 | ||
| Chapter 5 The Migrant Workers' Story | 358 | ||
| Chapter 6 Migrants in Transition and Authoritarianism | 359 | ||
| Chapter 7 Migrant Communities: Leaders And Groupings | 360 | ||
| Chapter 8 Towards the Millennium:Ethnic Minorities in the 1990s | 362 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 364 | ||
| Index | 383 | ||
| Abbensetts, Michael 340 | 340 | ||
| Abbott, Diane 306 | 306 | ||
| Abdullah, Syed 69 | 69 | ||
| Ackroyd, Peter 33 | 33 | ||
| actors, black | 81 | ||
| 81-2 | 81 | ||
| 184-6 | 184 | ||
| 188-90 | 188 | ||
| 338-43 | 338 | ||
| Adams, Robert 188 | 188 | ||
| Africa, exploration of | 7 |