Black and British : a forgotten history / David Olusoga.

  • Olusoga, David
Date:
2016
  • Books

About this work

Description

'In Black and British, David Olusoga tells the rich and revealing story of the long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa and the Caribbean' -- back cover

Publication/Creation

London : Macmillan, 2016.

Physical description

xxii, 602 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes

"Based on a BBC programme"--Jacket.

Contents

Introduction: 'Years of Distant Wandering' -- Chapter One: 'Sons of Ham' -- Chapter Two: 'Blackamoors' -- Chapter Three: 'For Blacks or Dogs' -- Chapter Four: 'Too Pure an Air for Slaves' -- Chapter Five: 'Province of Freedom' -- Chapter Six: 'The Monster is Dead' -- Chapter Seven: Moral Mission -- Chapter Eight: 'Liberated Africans' -- Chapter Nine: 'Cotton is King' -- Chapter Ten: 'Mercy in a Massacre' -- Chapter Eleven: 'Darkest Africa' -- Chapter Twelve: 'We are a Coloured Empire' -- Chapter Thirteen: 'We Prefer their Company' -- Chapter Fourteen: 'Swamped' -- Conclusion.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-582) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    ZBD.41
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781447299738
  • 1447299736
  • 9781447299769
  • 1447299760