David Olusoga

Black and British

A Forgotten History

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 130mm
• ISBN-13: 9781035062782
• ISBN-10: 103506278X
• Artikelnr.: 71711543

Autorenporträt

David Olusoga OBE is a British-Nigerian historian, author, presenter and BAFTA-winning film-maker. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester and is a regular contributor to the Observer, Guardian, New Statesman and BBC History Magazine. Olusoga's presenting credits include A House Through Time, Black and British, The World's War and The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Historical Society and sits on the Scott Trust.

Inhaltsangabe

Section
i: List of Illustrations Section
ii: Preface Introduction
iii: 'Years of Distant Wandering' Chapter
One: 'Sons of Ham' Chapter
Two: 'Blackamoors' Chapter
Three: 'For Blacks or Dogs' Chapter
Four: 'Too Pure an Air for Slaves' Chapter
Five: 'Province of Freedom' Chapter
Six: 'The Monster is Dead' Chapter
Seven: Moral Mission Chapter
Eight: 'Liberated Africans' Chapter
Nine: 'Cotton is King' Chapter
Ten: 'Mercy in a Massacre' Chapter
Eleven: 'Darkest Africa' Chapter
Twelve: 'We are a Coloured Empire' Chapter
Thirteen: 'We Prefer their Company' Chapter
Fourteen: 'Swamped' Section
iv: Conclusion Acknowledgements
v: Acknowledgements Section
vi: Bibliography Section
vii: Notes Index
viii: Index

Rezensionen

You could not ask for a more judicious, comprehensive and highly readable survey of a part of British history that has been so long overlooked or denied. David Olusoga, in keeping with the high standards of his earlier books, is a superb guide. Adam Hochschild