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100 Great Black Britons

Author : Patrick Vernon
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1472144295
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book 100 Great Black Britons written by Patrick Vernon and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An empowering read . . . it is refreshing to see somebody celebrate the role that black Britons have played in this island's long and complicated history' DAVID LAMMY, author of Tribes, in 'The best books of 2020', the Guardian 'Timely and so important . . . recognition is long overdue . . . I would encourage everyone to buy it!' DAWN BUTLER MP A long-overdue book honouring the remarkable achievements of key Black British individuals over many centuries, in collaboration with the 100 Great Black Britons campaign founded and run by Patrick Vernon OBE. 'Building on decades of scholarship, this book by Patrick Vernon and Dr Angelina Osborne brings the biographies of Black Britons together and vividly expands the historical backdrop against which these hundred men and women lived their lives.' From the Foreword, by DAVID OLUSOGA 'I am delighted to see the relaunch of 100 Great Black Britons. For too long the contribution of Britons of African and Caribbean heritage have been underestimated, undervalued and overlooked' SADIQ KHAN, Mayor of London Patrick Vernon's landmark 100 Great Black Britons campaign of 2003 was one of the most successful movements to focus on the role of people of African and Caribbean descent in British history. Frustrated by the widespread and continuing exclusion of the Black British community from the mainstream popular conception of 'Britishness', despite Black people having lived in Britain for over a thousand years, Vernon set up a public poll in which anyone could vote for the Black Briton they most admired. The response to this campaign was incredible. As a result, a number of Black historical figures were included on the national school curriculum and had statues and memorials erected and blue plaques put up in their honour. Mary Seacole was adopted by the Royal College of Nursing and was given the same status as Florence Nightingale. Children and young people were finally being encouraged to feel pride in their history and a sense of belonging in Britain. Now, with this book, Vernon and Osborne have relaunched the campaign with an updated list of names and accompanying portraits -- including new role models and previously little-known historical figures. Each entry explores in depth the individual's contribution to British history - a contribution that too often has been either overlooked or dismissed. In the wake of the 2018 Windrush scandal, and against the backdrop of Brexit, the rise of right-wing populism and the continuing inequality faced by Black communities across the UK, the need for this campaign is greater than ever.

Britons

Author : Linda Colley
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300107593
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Britons written by Linda Colley and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Controversial, entertaining and alarmingly topical ... a delight to read."Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph

Deporting Black Britons

Author : Luke de Noronha
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 152614400X
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Deporting Black Britons written by Luke de Noronha and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deporting ‘Black Britons’ exposes the relationship between racism, borders and citizenship by telling the painful stories of four men who have been exiled to Jamaica. It examines processes of criminalisation, illegalisation and racialisation as they interact to construct deportable subjects in contemporary Britain and offers new ways of thinking about race and citizenship at different scales.

The Britons

Author : Christopher A. Snyder
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 047075821X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Britons written by Christopher A. Snyder and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a fascinating and unique history of the Britons from the late Iron Age to the late Middle Ages. It also discusses the revivals of interest in British culture and myth over the centuries, from Renaissance antiquarians to modern day Druids. A fascinating and unique history of the Britons from the late Iron Age to the late Middle Ages. Describes the life, language and culture of the Britons before, during and after Roman rule. Examines the figures of King Arthur and Merlin and the evolution of a powerful national mythology. Proposes a new theory on the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain and the establishment of separate Brittonic kingdoms. Discusses revivals of interest in British culture and myth, from Renaissance antiquarians to modern day Druids.

Ancient and Modern Britons

Author : David MacRitchie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Ancient and Modern Britons written by David MacRitchie and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bretons and Britons

Author : Barry Cunliffe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192592475
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Bretons and Britons written by Barry Cunliffe and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it about Brittany that makes it such a favourite destination for the British? To answer this question, Bretons and Britons explores the long history of the Bretons, from the time of the first farmers around 5400 BC to the present, and the very close relationship they have had with their British neighbours throughout this time. More than simply a history of a people, Bretons and Britons is also the author's homage to a country and a people he has come to admire over decades of engagement. Underlying the story throughout is the tale of the Bretons' fierce struggle to maintain their distinctive identity. As a peninsula people living on a westerly excrescence of Europe they were surrounded on three sides by the sea, which gave them some protection from outside interference, but their landward border was constantly threatened - not only by succeeding waves of Romans, Franks, and Vikings, but also by the growing power of the French state. It was the sea that gave the Bretons strength and helped them in their struggle for independence. They shared in the culture of Atlantic-facing Europe, and from the eighteenth century, when a fascination for the Celts was beginning to sweep Europe, they were able to present themselves as the direct successors of the ancient Celts along with the Cornish, Welsh, Scots, and Irish. This gave them a new strength and a new pride. It is this spirit that is still very much alive today.

The Phoenician Origin of Britons Scots and Anglo-Saxons

Author : L. a. Waddell
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473359708
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book The Phoenician Origin of Britons Scots and Anglo-Saxons written by L. a. Waddell and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L. A. Waddell’s captivating volume explores Britain’s origins and presents new historical evidence from ancient Phoenician and Sumerian civilisations. First published in 1924, this work is an exploration of the early history of Britain’s ancestry. Exploring the Britons, Scots, and Anglo-Saxons in the pre-Roman periods, L. A. Waddell transports his readers back to 3000 BC with new historical evidence. The writer presents his historic interpretation of the Newton Stone inscription, found in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in this fascinating analysis of Anglo-Saxon origin. Despite being a well-known archaeologist, Waddell’s various works on the history of civilisation have caused much controversy and he never gained recognition as a Sumerologist.

Wales and the Britons, 350-1064

Author : T. M. Charles-Edwards
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198217315
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Wales and the Britons, 350-1064 written by T. M. Charles-Edwards and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most detailed history of the Welsh from Late-Roman Britain to the eve of the Norman Conquest. Integrates the history of religion, language, and literature with the history of events.

Britons in Anglo-Saxon England

Author : N. J. Higham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Britons in Anglo-Saxon England written by N. J. Higham and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of the British presence in Anglo-Saxon England readdressed by archaeologists, historians, linguists, and place-name specialists. The number of native Britons, and their role, in Anglo-Saxon England has been hotly debated for generations; the English were seen as Germanic in the nineteenth century, but the twentieth saw a reinvention of the German "past". Today, the scholarly community is as deeply divided as ever on the issue: place-name specialists have consistently preferred minimalist interpretations, privileging migration from Germany, while other disciplinary groups have been less united in their views, with many archaeologists and historians viewing the British presence, potentially at least, as numerically significant or even dominant. The papers collected here seek to shed new light on this complex issue, by bringing together contributions from different disciplinary specialists and exploring the interfaces between various categories of knowledge about the past. They assemble both a substantial body of evidence concerning the presence of Britons and offer a variety of approaches to the central issues of the scale of that presence and its significance across the seven centuries of Anglo-Saxon England. NICK HIGHAM is Professor of Early Medieval and Landscape History at the University of Manchester. Contributors: RICHARD COATES, MARTIN GRIMMER, HEINRICH HARKE, NICK HIGHAM, CATHERINE HILLS, LLOYD LAING, C.P. LEWIS, GALE R. OWEN-CROCKER, O.J. PADEL, DUNCANPROBERT, PETER SCHRIJVER, DAVID THORNTON, HILDEGARD L.C. TRISTRAM, DAMIAN TYLER, HOWARD WILLIAMS, ALEX WOOLF

History of the Ancient Britons

Author : John Allen Giles
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Ancient Britons written by John Allen Giles and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Celts, Romans, Britons

Author : Francesca Kaminski-Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0198863071
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Celts, Romans, Britons written by Francesca Kaminski-Jones and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the ways in which ideas associated with the Celtic and the Classical have been used to construct identities (national/ethnic/regional etc.) in Britain, from the period of the Roman conquest to the present day.

Picts and Britons in the Early Medieval Irish Church

Author : Oisín Plumb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782503583471
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Picts and Britons in the Early Medieval Irish Church written by Oisín Plumb and published by . This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A study of the lives and legacy of Picts and Britons in the Irish Church, looking at their impact on early medieval Irish society and how this impact came to be perceived in later centuries. Between the fifth and ninth centuries AD, the peoples of Britain, Ireland, and their surrounding islands were constantly interacting, sharing cultures and ideas that shaped and reshaped their communities and the way they lived. The influence of religious figures from Ireland on the development of the Church in Britain was profound, and the fame of monasteries such as Iona, which they established, remains to this day. Yet with the exception of St Patrick, far less attention has been paid to the role of the Britons and Picts who travelled west into Ireland, despite their equally significant impact. This book aims to redress the balance by offering a detailed exploration of the evidence for British and Pictish men and women in the early medieval Irish Church, and asking what we can piece together of their lives from the often fragmentary sources. It also considers the ways in which writers of later ages viewed these migrants, and examines how the shaping of the migration narrative throughout the centuries had a major effect on the way that the earliest centuries of the church came to be viewed in later years in both Scotland and Ireland. In doing so, this volume offers important new insights into our understanding of the relationships between Britain and Ireland in this period.00Oisín Plumb is originally from Edinburgh. He completed his PhD in Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh in 2016. He now lives in Orkney, where he is a lecturer at the Institute for Northern Studies at the University of the Highlands and Islands."--Page 4 de la couverture

The Men of the North

Author : Tim Clarkson
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 1907909028
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book The Men of the North written by Tim Clarkson and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The North Britons are the least-known among the inhabitants of early medieval Scotland. Like the Picts and Vikings they played an important role in the shaping of Scottish history during the first millennium AD but their part is often neglected or ignored. This book aims to redress the balance by tracing the history of this native Celtic people through the troubled centuries from the departure of the Romans to the arrival of the Normans. The fortunes of Strathclyde, the last-surviving kingdom of the North Britons, are studied from its emergence at Dumbarton in the fifth century to its eventual demise in the eleventh. Other kingdoms, such as the Edinburgh-based realm of Gododdin and the mysterious Rheged, are examined alongside fragments of heroic poetry celebrating the valour of their warriors. Behind the recurrent themes of warfare and political rivalry runs a parallel thread dealing with the growth of Christianity and the influence of the Church in the affairs of kings. Important ecclesiastical figures such as Ninian of Whithorn and Kentigern of Glasgow are discussed, partly in the hope of unearthing their true identities among a tangled web of sources. The closing chapters of the book look at how and why the North Britons lost their distinct identity to join their old enemies the Picts as one of Scotland's vanished nations.

Age of Tyrants

Author : Christopher A. Snyder
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271043623
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (436 download)

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Download or read book Age of Tyrants written by Christopher A. Snyder and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the waning of Roman rule, Britain was called a "province fertile with tyrants". Christopher Snyder's history of Britain during the two centuries after Rome's withdrawal reveals a hybrid society of Celtic, Roman, and Christian elements and documents the transition from magisterial to monarchical power. An appendix explores the Arthur and Merlin myths. 30 illustrations.

Great Britons: 50 Amazing People Who Have Called Britain Home

Author : Imogen Russell Williams
Publisher : Inspiring Lives
ISBN 13 : 9781839940156
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Great Britons: 50 Amazing People Who Have Called Britain Home written by Imogen Russell Williams and published by Inspiring Lives. This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring stories of 50 key figures in Great Britain's history, who had an impact on the ways we live, think and feel today.

Better Britons

Author : Nadine Attewell
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442667079
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Better Britons written by Nadine Attewell and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-02-05 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1932, Aldous Huxley published Brave New World, his famous novel about a future in which humans are produced to spec in laboratories. Around the same time, Australian legislators announced an ambitious experiment to “breed the colour” out of Australia by procuring white husbands for women of white and indigenous descent. In this study, Nadine Attewell reflects on an assumption central to these and other policy initiatives and cultural texts from twentieth-century Britain, Australia, and New Zealand: that the fortunes of the nation depend on controlling the reproductive choices of citizen-subjects. Better Britons charts an innovative approach to the politics of reproduction by reading an array of works and discourses – from canonical modernist novels and speculative fictions to government memoranda and public debates – that reflect on the significance of reproductive behaviours for civic, national, and racial identities. Bringing insights from feminist and queer theory into dialogue with work in indigenous studies, Attewell sheds new light on changing conceptions of British and settler identity during the era of decolonization.

Britons Through Negro Spectacles

Author : ABC Merriman-Labor
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241995280
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Britons Through Negro Spectacles written by ABC Merriman-Labor and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'We shall therefore confine our walk to Central London where people meet on business during the day, and to West London where they meet for pleasure at night. If you will walk about the first City in the British Empire arm in arm with Merriman-Labor, you are sure to see Britons in merriment and at labour, by night and by day, in West and Central London.' In Britons Through Negro Spectacles Merriman-Labor takes us on a joyous, intoxicating tour of London at the turn of the 20th century. Slyly subverting the colonial gaze usually placed on Africa, he introduces us to the citizens, culture and customs of Britain with a mischievous glint in his eye. This incredible work of social commentary feels a century ahead of its time, and provides unique insights into the intersection between empire, race and community at this important moment in history. Selected by Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo, this series rediscovers and celebrates pioneering books depicting black Britain that remap the nation.