{"product_id":"black-victorians-9780715654880","title":"Black Victorians","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlack Victorians shows how Black lives were visible, present and influential â not temporary presences but established and rooted; and how paradox and ambivalence characterised the Victorian view of race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The history of Black people in this country is woven into the tapestry that is the United Kingdom. \u003cem\u003eBlack Victorians\u003c\/em\u003e shows us, in vivid detail, how Black people didn't just take part in the Victorian era, they shaped it’ \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Lammy MP, author of \u003cem\u003eTribes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Meatily researched and illuminating... [brings] to swaggering life a group of Britons who have spent too long in the shadows’ \u003cstrong\u003eSusie\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eGoldsbrough, \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘An important survey of the subject based on painstaking research. Woolf and Abraham's \u003cem\u003eBlack Victorians: Hidden in History\u003c\/em\u003e provides an indispensable introduction to the subject told through the lives of some of the most eminent personalities of the era, as well as those hitherto little known. A significant contribution to the field’ \u003cstrong\u003eHakim Adi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This book will generate discussion and change mindsets. It is brilliant’ \u003cstrong\u003eDr Maggie Semple OBE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The book's telling details are liberating for, in spite of the Black Victorians' subjection and degradation, they are presented not as victims, but rather as resourceful, inventive, assertive human beings in their quests for betterment. Their cumulative experiences are skilfully woven into an engaging, richly textured book – an insightful work of scholarship’ \u003cstrong\u003eRon Ramdin, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Making of the Black Working Class in Britain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Fascinating, thorough, well-researched and extremely readable, Black Victorians provides invaluable insight into a history of Victorian Britain that is not often told’ \u003cstrong\u003eHafsa Zayyan, author of \u003cem\u003eWe Are All Birds of Uganda\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Engaging, informative and accessible, Black Victorians shines a light on a little-known aspect of British history. It is written with passion and attention to detail. I highly recommend this book’ \u003cstrong\u003eStephen Bourne, author of \u003cem\u003eBlack Poppies: Britain's Black Community and the Great War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Revelatory. Exposing whitewashing, tackling archival obfuscation, and returning little known figures to history, this book restores colour to our vision of Victorian Britain’ \u003cstrong\u003eSuzannah Lipscomb, author of \u003cem\u003eWhat is History, Now?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duckworth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404106375511,"sku":"9780715654880","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780715654880.jpg?v=1730485439","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/black-victorians-9780715654880","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}