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 and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032291185
• ISBN: 978-1-032-29118-5
• No. of pages: 218
• Weight: 430 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, 20th Century, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century, 21st Century, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural anthropology, General and world history