'Race' in Britain (1982) provides a consideration of the place in 1970s British culture and society of the concept of ‘race’. Through a historical examination of the origins of the concept, the cultural habit of placing people into ‘races’ is placed in perspective as a social rather than a ‘natural’ phenomenon. The significance of this method of defining people and explaining the nature of the relationships between them is shown to have taken on a critical role in the response to immigration into Britain from the 1950s. ‘Race’ as a way of defining others and experiencing identity requires careful analysis, and this book explores the relations between social identity and social structure in order to unravel some of its power in shaping events in Britain.
'Race' in Britain (1982) provides a consideration of the place in 1970s British culture and society of the concept of ‘race’. Through a historical examination of the origins of the concept, the cultural habit of placing people into ‘races’ is placed in perspective as a social rather than a ‘natural’ phenomenon.
Introduction. Race, the Continuity of a Concept Charles Husband Part
1. Race in Britain: the Historical Context
1. European Attitudes to the
Outside World V.G. Kiernan
2. First Impressions: Initial English
Confrontations with Africans Winthrop D. Jordan
3. Black Caricature: the
Roots of Racialism James Walvin Part
2. Placing the Contemporary Situation in
Context
4. Immigration Policies in the United Kingdom Tom Rees
5. The Role of
Government in Britains Racial Crisis Michael and Ann Dummett
6. Perhaps a
Seventh Person? Sheila Allen
7. The Politics of Race in Britain, 196279: A
Review of the Major Trends and of Recent Debates Gideon Ben-Tovim and John
Gabriel Part
3. Personal Experiences of Multi-Ethnic Britain
8. A West
Indian/British Male
9. A Professional Black West Indian/British Male
10. A
Young Gujerati/British Male
11. A Young Pakistani/British Female
12. Extracts
from File on 4 Part
4. Social Identity and Social Structure
13. The Role of
the Culture of Dominance in Structuring the Experience of Ethnic Minorities
Verity Saifullah Khan
14. The Social Psychology of Minorities Henri Taifel
15. Reporting the National Front: British Values Observed Barry Troyna
16.
Racism and Nationalism in Britain Robert Miles Part
5. A Perspective on the
Future
17. A Political Analysis of Race in the 1980s Gideon Ben-Tovim, John
Gabriel, Ian Law and Kathleen Stredder
