Lucy Bland

Britain's 'brown babies'

The stories of children born to black GIs and white women in the Second World War

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book recounts a little-known history of an estimated 2,000 children born to black GIs and white British women in World War II. Stories from over 50 of these children, alongside many photographs, reveal the racism and stigma of growing up in what was then a very white country. -- .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9781526160119
• ISBN-10: 1526160110
• Artikelnr.: 61114110

Autorenporträt

Lucy Bland is Professor of Social and Cultural History at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. British women meet black GIs 2. Keeping the 'brown babies'
3. 'Brown babies' relinquished: experiences of children's homes 4.
Adoption, fostering and attempts to send the babies to the US 5. Secrets
and lies: searching for mothers and fathers 6. After the war and beyond
Appendix: the case study 'brown babies' Bibliography Index