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A book of the moment - nothing comparable on the Carribean influence on Britain.. Discusses the influence, amongst others, of C. L. R. James, Una Marson, George Lamming, Jean Rhys, Claude McKay and V. S. Naipaul.

Table of Contents

General editor's introduction
Notes on contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction. Crossing the seas - Bill Schwarz
1. What is a West Indian? - Catherine Hall
2. 'To do something for the race'. Harold Moody and the League of Coloured Peoples - David Killingray
3. A race outcast from an outcast class. Claude McKay's experience and analysis of Britain - Winston James
4. Jean Rhys: West Indian intellectual - Helen Carr
5. Una Marson: feminism, anti-colonialism and a forgotten fight for freedom - Alison Donnell
6. George Padmore - Bill Schwarz
7. C. L. R. James: visions of history, visions of Britain - Stephen Howe
8. George Lamming - Mary Chamberlain
9. 'This is London calling the West Indies'. The BBC's Caribbean Voices - Glyne Griffith
10. The Caribbean Artists Movement - Louis James
11. V. S. Naipaul - Sue Thomas
Afterword: the predicament of history - Bill Schwarz
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 12/4/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719064753, 978-0719064753
      ISBN10: 0719064759

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A book of the moment - nothing comparable on the Carribean influence on Britain.. Discusses the influence, amongst others, of C. L. R. James, Una Marson, George Lamming, Jean Rhys, Claude McKay and V. S. Naipaul.

      Table of Contents

      General editor's introduction
      Notes on contributors
      Acknowledgements
      Introduction. Crossing the seas - Bill Schwarz
      1. What is a West Indian? - Catherine Hall
      2. 'To do something for the race'. Harold Moody and the League of Coloured Peoples - David Killingray
      3. A race outcast from an outcast class. Claude McKay's experience and analysis of Britain - Winston James
      4. Jean Rhys: West Indian intellectual - Helen Carr
      5. Una Marson: feminism, anti-colonialism and a forgotten fight for freedom - Alison Donnell
      6. George Padmore - Bill Schwarz
      7. C. L. R. James: visions of history, visions of Britain - Stephen Howe
      8. George Lamming - Mary Chamberlain
      9. 'This is London calling the West Indies'. The BBC's Caribbean Voices - Glyne Griffith
      10. The Caribbean Artists Movement - Louis James
      11. V. S. Naipaul - Sue Thomas
      Afterword: the predicament of history - Bill Schwarz
      Index

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