South Asians and the Shaping of Britain, 18701950 - A Sourcebook

Informationen zum Autor Rehana Ahmed is Senior Lecturer in English Studies at Teesside University Sumita Mukherjee is an historian of South Asia and the British Empire. Florian Stadtler is a Research Fellow at the Open University Klappentext The first anthology of primary material interdisciplinary study of the history of the South Asian presence in Britain over the period 1870-1950, it selects a wide range of official and non-official archival sources. and identifies four key areas of South Asian impact - minority rights, war, culture and reception, and representation. Zusammenfassung The first anthology of primary material interdisciplinary study of the history of the South Asian presence in Britain over the period 1870-1950, it selects a wide range of official and non-official archival sources. and identifies four key areas of South Asian impact – minority rights, war, culture and reception, and representation. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface (Elleke Boehmer and Susheila Nasta)Chronology of events Introduction (Ruvani Ranasinha) 1. Equality of citizenship (Rehana Ahmed) 2. Britain's forgotten volunteers: South Asian contributions to the Two World Wars (Florian Stadtler) 3. Textual culture and reception (Ruvani Ranasinha) 4. Representations and display (Sumita Mukherjee) Afterword (Rozina Visram) Select bibliography Index

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• Authors: Rehana Ahmed, Sumita Mukherjee, Ruvani Ranasinha
• Assisted by: Rehana Ahmed (Editor), Sumita Mukherjee (Editor), Ruvani Ranasinha (Editor), Ranasinha Ruvani (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2013
• EAN: 9780719085147
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8514-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, European History, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General