Making of the Black Working Class in Britain

This is the first comprehensive historical perspective on the relationship between Black workers and the changing patterns of Britain’s labour needs. It places in an historical context the development of a small black presence in sixteenth-century Britain into the disadvantaged black working class of the 1980s.

The book deals with the colonial labour institutions (slavery, indentureship and trade unionism) and the ideology underlying them and also considers the previously neglected role of the nineteenth-century Black radicals in British working-class struggles.

Finally, the book examines the emergence of a Black radical ideology that has underpinned the twentieth-century struggles against unemployment, racial attacks and workplace grievances, among them employer and trade union racism.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Ron Ramdin is a historian, biographer and novelist. His previous books include Paul Robeson:The Man and His Mission, The Other Middle Passage and From Chattel-slave to Wage-earner: History of Trade Unionism in Trinidad and Tobago.

Zusammenfassung

A classic examination of the role of black working class struggles throughout the twentieth century

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ron Ramdin, Ramdin Ron
• Verlag: Verso
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781786630650
• ISBN: 978-1-78663-065-0
• Seiten: 656
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Ethnic Studies, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) peoples