{"product_id":"race-and-riots-in-thatchers-britain-9781526151681","title":"Race and Riots in Thatcher's Britain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis powerful and original book locates the anti-police violence that spread across England in 1980-1 within a longer struggle against racism and disadvantage faced by black Britons, which had seen a growth in more militant forms of resistance since the Second World War. It explains these disturbances as ‘collective bargaining by riot’ – attempts to increase political inclusion by this marginalised group. Through case studies of Bristol, Brixton and Manchester, the book explores the actions of community organisations in the aftermath of disorders. Highlighting the political activities of black Britons and the often-problematic reliance upon ‘official’ sources when forming historical narratives, it demonstrates the contested value awarded to public inquiries – contrastingly viewed by black Britons as either a method for increased political participation or simply a governmental diversionary tactic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Overall, this book enlivens, reinterprets, and repurposes previous analyses of both black history and protest studies, bringing them into clearer focus. As a national study, it retains (primarily) a state-orientated focus, while using urban case studies to illuminate certain problems, with the Manchester and Liverpool case studies of greatest interest for \u003ci\u003eTransactions\u003c\/i\u003e readers. Peplow makes a convincing case in how we examine historic protest linked with race and ethnicity, and his approach can inform future studies, offering a natural continuation to Peter Shapely’s recent \u003ci\u003eDeprivation, State Interventions and Urban Communities in Britain\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge 2018), which itself ends before the riot build-up Peplow covers after 1979.'\u003cbr\u003eDr Marc Collinson, Bangor University, \u003ci\u003eTransactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire\u003c\/i\u003e, Vol. 168, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1 Resistance to rebellion\u003cbr\u003e2 ‘No other way to make their points of view known’? St Pauls, Bristol, 2 April 1980\u003cbr\u003e3 Lacking conviction: inquiries and trials after Bristol\u003cbr\u003e4 Escalation: Brixton, 10–12 April 1981\u003cbr\u003e5 ‘The Brixton Defence Campaign says boycott the Scarman Inquiry’\u003cbr\u003e6 A ‘conspicuous success’? Policing Liverpool and Manchester in July 1981\u003cbr\u003e7 ‘Who the hell’s defending if they’re going to walk out of here?’ The Moss Side Defence Committee\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: ‘Turning point’ or ‘opportunity lost’? The legacy of 1980–1\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041016611159,"sku":"9781526151681","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526151681.jpg?v=1750948608","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/race-and-riots-in-thatchers-britain-9781526151681","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}