Inside the Black Box of ''White Backlash'' - Letters of Support to Enoch Powell (1968-1969)

Inside the Black Box of 'White Backlash' researches the contents of the letters of support sent to British politician Enoch Powell in the wake of his so-called 'Rivers of Blood' speech of April 20, 1968.

List of contents

0. Introduction 1. Race 2. State 3. War 4. Empire 5. America 6. Class 7. Gender 8. Elites 9. Parties 10. Against 11. Conclusion

About the author

Olivier Esteves is a professor of British Studies at University of Lille. He works on ethnicity, race and Islamophobia in the UK, United States and France. Among other monographs, he has authored The ‘Desegregation’ of English Schools : Bussing, Race and Urban Space (1960s-1980s) in 2018.

Summary

Inside the Black Box of ‘White Backlash’ researches the contents of the letters of support sent to British politician Enoch Powell in the wake of his so-called ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech of April 20, 1968.

Product details

• Authors: Olivier Esteves
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032291178
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3229117-8
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Ethnic Studies, Sociology, European History, HISTORY / General, Nationalism, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Fascism & Nazism, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1960 to c 1970, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Far-right political ideologies and movements, c 1960 to c 1969, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements