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Black 1919

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Description for Black 1919 Hardcover. The riots that broke out in various British port cities in 1919 were a manifestation of a wave of global unrest that affected Britain, parts of its empire, continental Europe and North America during the First World War. This book reveals the economic and social causes of the riots and their impact on Britain's relationship with its empire. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black & white tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
The riots that broke out in various British port cities in 1919 were a dramatic manifestation of a wave of global unrest that affected Britain, parts of its empire, continental Europe and North America during and in the wake of the First World War. During the riots, crowds of white working-class people targeted black workers, their families and black-owned businesses and property. One of the chief sources of violent confrontation in the run-down port areas was the `colour' bar implemented by the sailors' trades unions campaigning to keep black, Arab and Asian sailors off British ships in a time of increasing job competition. Black 1919 sets out the economic and social causes of the riots and their impact on Britain's relationship with its empire and its colonial subjects. The riots are also considered within the wider context of rioting elsewhere on the fringes of the Atlantic world as black people came in increased numbers into urban and metropolitan settings where they competed with working-class white people for jobs and housing during and after the First World War. The book details the events of the port riots in Britain, with chapters devoted to assessing the motivations and make-up of the rioting crowds, examining police procedures during the riots, considering the court cases that followed, and looking at the longer-term consequences for the black British workers and their families. Black 1919 is a stark and timely reminder of the violent racist conflict that emerged after the First World War and the shockwaves that reverberated around the Empire.

Product Details

Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Series
Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846312007
SKU
V9781846312007
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About Jacqueline Jenkinson
Jacqueline Jenkinson is Lecturer in History at University of Stirling since 1992. She is author of Scotland's Health 1919-1948 (Monograph no. 2 in the `History of Medicine' series, Peter Lang, Bern, 2002) and Scottish Medical Societies 1731-1939: their history and records (Edinburgh University Press.

Reviews for Black 1919
'The book deserves a wide readership. It will stimulate further debate into the numerous questions raised about race, class and empire.' Reviews in History 'There is simply no rival for its detail and substance ... a substantial addition to the literature of black British history.' Neil Evans, Cardiff University 'With Black 1919, Jacqueline Jenkinson has provided the first detailed investigation of the 1919 riots, which were among the most severe, widespread, and prolonged social disturbances to occur in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century.' Journal of British Studies

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