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The making of the Black working class in Britain / Ron Ramdin
- Author
- Ramdin, Ron
- Published
- London ; New York : Verso, 2017.
- Edition
- Updated edition.
- Physical Description
- xvi, 630 pages ; 21 cm
- Contents
- The 'Blackamoores" Presence (1555-1900) -- Profits, Slavery and the Black Poor -- The rise of African slavery -- Profits -- Pets and domestic servants -- Liberty -- Free black voices -- Enemies and friends -- The struggle of the black poor -- Black Radicals and Black Women in Service -- Robert Wedderburn -- William Davidson -- William Cuffay -- Mary Prince: slave and 'servant' -- Mary Seacole: 'nurse and doctress' -- Post-Emancipation Developments: Indentureship and the Rise of Pan Africanism -- The Indian diaspora: 'a new system of slavery' -- Pan Africanism: origins and early development -- The 'Black Man's Burden' (1900-1962) -- Britain, Empire and Labour -- East Indian labour: the abolition of indentureship -- The British labour movement and imperialism -- Cardiff: black seamen and soldiers -- Liverpool: 'negro' workers and race relations -- The League of Coloured Peoples and Black Radical Groups -- Harold Moody: black moderate (founder and leader of the LCP) -- The formation of the League -- The LCP: development and issues -- The Cardiff crisis: local organisations and the LCP -- The League and other black groups -- Pan Africanists in the twentieth century -- The Development of a Black Radical Ideology -- The black intelligentsia in Britain during the 1920s and 1930s -- Indian nationalism -- The radicalisation of Pan Africanism -- Post-war Immigration: Racism, Riot and Legislation -- Housing -- Employment -- The riots of 1958 -- Reactions: prelude to control -- Racial tension -- Post-riots organizations -- The General Election -- Liberal groups -- The door is shut -- The Black Working Class (1962-1986) -- Capitalism, Class, Black Workers and Racial Disadvantage -- Migrant labour and capitalism in Western Europe -- The black community: urban deprivation -- The Black Workers' Industrial Struggle -- Industrial relations: the colonial context -- Racial disadvantage in employment -- Racial discrimination in employment -- The struggle against the employers and trade unions -- Black Caribbean women: nurses and ancillary workers -- The textile industry -- Black workers and the trade unions -- Black workers and the trade unions: the British experience -- In principle: TUC policy and resolutions -- In practice: the disillusionment of black workers (alternative organisations) -- Capitalism and curbs on discrimination -- The black workers' response -- Organisers and Organisations -- Black Power and its advocates -- Liverpool: 'Negro' associations -- Asian workers' associations -- The Asian workers' struggle and the IWAs 1968-1981 -- The Standing Conference of West Indian Organisations -- Organisation from the top: CARD -- The collapse of CARD -- West Indian organisations in Moss Side and Easton -- Black churches -- Black organisations: the 1970s and 1980s -- Black Working Class Consciousness -- Black youth: the oppressed seen as a social problem -- Racism and sexism -- Black feminist responses -- Gender, race and class -- The oppressor: Blacks and the police -- The police against the people -- The police and the community -- Race, class and autonomy -- Black consciousness: spontaneous crowd violence -- Black revolt -- Conclusion.
- Summary
- In this pioneering history, Ron Ramdin traces the roots of Britain's disadvantaged black working class. From the development of a small black presence in the sixteenth century, through the colonial labour institutions of slavery, indentureship, and trade unionism, Ramdin expertly guides us through the stages of creation for a UK minority whose origins are often overlooked. He examines the emergence of a black radical ideology underpinning twentieth-century struggles against unemployment, racial attacks and workplace inequality, and delves into the murky realms of employer and trade union racism. First published in 1987, this revised edition includes a new introduction reflecting on events over the past four decades. Book jacket.
- Subject(s)
- Working class—Great Britain—History
- Black people—Employment—Great Britain—History
- Black people—Great Britain—Economic conditions
- Black people—Great Britain—Social conditions
- Blacks—Employment
- Blacks—Economic conditions
- Blacks—Social conditions
- Race relations
- Working class
- Great Britain—Race relations—History
- Great Britain
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781786630650
1786630656 - Note
- First edition published 1987.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 563-609) and index.
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