Oxford Companion to Black British History

Name: Oxford Companion to Black British History
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ISBN: 9780192804396

ISBN-10: 0192804391

ISBN-13: 9780192804396

Edition: 2007

Authors: David Dabydeen, John Gilmore, Cecily Jones

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The Oxford Companion to Black British History is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the long and fascinating history of black people in the British Isles, from African auxiliaries stationed on Hadrian's Wall in the 2nd century AD, through John Edmonstone, who taught taxidermy to Charles Darwin, Mary Seacole, the 'Black Florence Nightingale', and Walter Tull, footballer and First World War officer, to our own day. It considers such key concepts as Emancipation and Reparations. It is also timely: the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority highlighted in their annual report of December 2005 the need to give more attention to the wider teaching of black history. OCBBH brings…

Book details

List price: $69.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/19/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 592
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.97" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English

JOHN GILMORE teaches history at the Centre for Caribbean Studies at the University of Warwick in Coventry, Warwickshire, UK.

<div><div><b>Cecily Jones</b> is Associate Professor in Sociology and Director of the Centre for Caribbean Studies at the University of Warwick.</div></div>



Introduction


Editors, Advisory Editors, and Contributors


Note to the Reader


Thematic Contents List


A-Z entries


Timeline


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