Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain by Fryer, Peter
Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain by Fryer, Peter

Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain

"A fascinating account of the growth of the black community in Britain over the past centuries."--Guardian "For...
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Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain by Fryer, Peter

Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain

$51.98
Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain by Fryer, Peter

Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain

$51.98
Author: Peter Fryer
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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"A fascinating account of the growth of the black community in Britain over the past centuries."--Guardian

"For this retrieval of the lost histories of black Britain, Mr. Fryer has my deep gratitude. An invaluable book."--Salman Rushdie

Staying Power is a panoramic history of black Britons. First published in 1984 amid race riots and police brutality, Fryer's history performed a deeply political act, revealing how Africans, Asians, and their descendants had been erased from British history.

Stretching back to the Roman conquest, encompassing the court of Henry VIII, and following a host of characters from the pioneering nurse and war hero Mary Seacole to the abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, Peter Fryer paints a picture of two thousand years of black presence in Britain. By rewriting black Britons into British history, showing where they influenced political traditions, social institutions, and cultural life, Chapters include:

*'Those Kinde of People'
*Britain's Slave Ports
*The Black Community Takes Shape
*Eighteenth-Century Voices
*Slavery and the Law
*The Rise of English Racism
*Up from Slavery
*Challenges to Empire
*Under Attack
*The Settlers
*The New Generation

As Fryer writes in his preface, "This however, though peopled to a large extent by Africans, West Indians, Afro-Americans, and Asians, is a history of the black presence in Britain. And it is written, not just for black or just for white readers, but for all who have a serious interest in the subject."

Staying Power presents a radical challenge to racist and nationalist agendas. This edition includes a new foreword by Gary Younge examining the book's continued significance in shaping black British identity today, alongside the now-classic introduction by Paul Gilroy.


Author: Peter Fryer
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: 12/15/2018
Pages: 656
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.30w x 2.00d
ISBN: 9780745338309

About the Author
Peter Fryer (1927-2006) was a British writer and journalist, whose coverage of the arrival of citizens from the Caribbean onboard the HMT Empire Windrush led to a deep and long-lasting interest in the histories of Black Britons. In 1984, he wrote the classic book Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain (Pluto, 2018).


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