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Informationen zum Autor Camilla Schofield is a lecturer in Imperial History at the University of East Anglia and teaches classes on collective memory, British imperialism and modern Britain. She acts as reviews editor for the journal History. Klappentext A radically revisionist account of the life and political career of Enoch Powell. Advance praise: 'Just when one thinks Enoch Powell lies dead and buried, like a traumatic memory back he comes, hitting the headlines and vibrating across the airwaves. In poised, incisive prose Camilla Schofield explains why this is so. Drawing on exemplary research she places Powell back in the history which made him.' Bill Schwarz, Queen Mary, University of London Advance praise: 'Camilla Schofield offers an original and arresting antidote to what, sadly, remains the conceptually unimaginative and overly compartmentalized historiography of post-1945 Britain. She cleverly tracks the myriad ways in which social class, race and nation were intrinsically linked, not merely in Powell's overheated fantasies of social disorder, but in British postwar politics and culture more generally. One great strength of this study is its recognition of the fact that political meaning cannot be divorced from private histories ... Most critically of all, Schofield provides further evidence of the benefits to be accrued from recognizing the fundamental interconnectedness between the histories of, on one hand, the experience and memory of World War Two and, on the other, Britain's prolonged and traumatic transition to a postcolonial society.' Martin Francis, Henry R. Winkler Professor of Modern History, University of Cincinnati Advance praise: 'This groundbreaking book scrutinizes Enoch Powell as a figure in history - as a figure through which the reader has a sense of what it was like for someone of his generation (and generation is of critical importance) to live through and contribute to the shaping of a time of significant change in Britain.' Sonya Rose, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Michigan Advance praise: 'This is the definitive account of Enoch Powell's poisonous politics. Schofield's illuminating corrective to the hagiography that has dominated analysis of his contributions so far is as welcome as it is overdue. He emerges here as both avatar and architect of Britain's postimperial pathologies.' Paul Gilroy, Kings College London Zusammenfassung In this radically revisionist reading of the life and political career of Enoch Powell! Camilla Schofield shows how Powell and his supporters illuminate the complex relationship between British social democracy! racism and the domestic politics of imperial decline in post-war Britain. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Conservative war, 1938-47; 2. Liberal war, 1947-60; 3. Without war? Commonwealth and consensus; 4. The war within, 1968-70; 5. Naming the crisis; Conclusion; Postscript: Enoch Powell and Thatcherism....
