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West Indian Intellectuals in Britain (Studies in Imperialism)

Book information

Publisher
Manchester University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0719064740, 9780719064746, 9781423706489
LCC
DA125.W4 W46 2003
Open Library ID
OL3691130M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1114454 bytes)
Pages
273\273
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Caribbean migration to Britain brought many new things--new music, new foods, new styles. It brought new ways of thinking too. This lively, innovative book explores the intellectual ideas which the West Indians brought with them to Britain. It shows that for more than a century West Indians living in Britain developed a dazzling intellectual critique of the codes of Imperial Britain. This is the first comprehensive discussion of the major Caribbean thinkers who came to live in twentieth-century Britain. Chapters discuss the influence of, amongst others, C.L.R. James, Una Marson, George Lamming, Jean Rhys, Claude McKay and V.S. Naipaul.

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