Enoch Powell and the Making of Postcolonial Britain

Nonfiction, History, Modern, 20th Century, British
Cover of the book Enoch Powell and the Making of Postcolonial Britain by Camilla Schofield, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Camilla Schofield ISBN: 9781107423886
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: October 3, 2013
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Camilla Schofield
ISBN: 9781107423886
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: October 3, 2013
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

Enoch Powell's explosive rhetoric against black immigration and anti-discrimination law transformed the terrain of British race politics and cast a long shadow over British society. Using extensive archival research, Camilla Schofield offers a radical reappraisal of Powell's political career and insists that his historical significance is inseparable from the political generation he sought to represent. Enoch Powell and the Making of Postcolonial Britain follows Powell's trajectory from an officer in the British Raj to the centre of British politics and, finally, to his turn to Ulster Unionism. She argues that Powell and the mass movement against 'New Commonwealth' immigration that he inspired shed light on Britain's war generation, popular understandings of the welfare state and the significance of memories of war and empire in the making of postcolonial Britain. Through Powell, Schofield illuminates the complex relationship between British social democracy, racism and the politics of imperial decline in Britain.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Enoch Powell's explosive rhetoric against black immigration and anti-discrimination law transformed the terrain of British race politics and cast a long shadow over British society. Using extensive archival research, Camilla Schofield offers a radical reappraisal of Powell's political career and insists that his historical significance is inseparable from the political generation he sought to represent. Enoch Powell and the Making of Postcolonial Britain follows Powell's trajectory from an officer in the British Raj to the centre of British politics and, finally, to his turn to Ulster Unionism. She argues that Powell and the mass movement against 'New Commonwealth' immigration that he inspired shed light on Britain's war generation, popular understandings of the welfare state and the significance of memories of war and empire in the making of postcolonial Britain. Through Powell, Schofield illuminates the complex relationship between British social democracy, racism and the politics of imperial decline in Britain.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book Genetic Suspects by Camilla Schofield
Cover of the book Groups, Graphs and Random Walks by Camilla Schofield
Cover of the book The Political Sociology of Human Rights by Camilla Schofield
Cover of the book The Market Revolution in America by Camilla Schofield
Cover of the book Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg and the Foundation of Jewish Political Thought by Camilla Schofield
Cover of the book A Theory of World Politics by Camilla Schofield
Cover of the book Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae by Camilla Schofield
Cover of the book Borges' Classics by Camilla Schofield
Cover of the book Chemical Engineering by Camilla Schofield
Cover of the book Kant, Religion, and Politics by Camilla Schofield
Cover of the book Language and a Sense of Place by Camilla Schofield
Cover of the book Fundamentals of Jet Propulsion with Applications by Camilla Schofield
Cover of the book Husserl's Transcendental Phenomenology by Camilla Schofield
Cover of the book Courts without Borders by Camilla Schofield
Cover of the book Crossroads by Camilla Schofield
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy