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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Old soldier -- Conservative war, 1938-1947 -- Liberal war, 1947-1960 -- Without war? Commonwealth and consensus -- The war within, 1968 -- 1970 -- Naming the crisis -- postcolonial Britain. |
| Summary |
Enoch Powell's explosive rhetoric against black immigration and anti-discrimination law transformed the terrain of British race politics and cast a long shadow over British society. Using extensive archival research, Camilla Schofield offers a radical reappraisal of Powell's political career and insists that his historical significance is inseparable from the political generation he sought to represent. Enoch Powell and the Making of Postcolonial Britain follows Powell's trajectory from an officer in the British Raj to the centre of British politics and, finally, to his turn to Ulster Unionism. She argues that Powell and the mass movement against 'New Commonwealth' immigration that he inspired shed light on Britain's war generation, popular understandings of the welfare state and the significance of memories of war and empire in the making of postcolonial Britain. Through Powell, Schofield illuminates the complex relationship between British social democracy, racism and the politics of imperial decline in Britain. |
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Powell, J. Enoch (John Enoch), 1912-1998.
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Powell, J. Enoch (John Enoch), 1912-1998. |
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Grossbritannien. |
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-1964.
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Great Britain. |
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Politics and government. |
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1945-1964 |
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1964-1979.
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1964-1979 |
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Imperialism -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Imperialism -- Government policy. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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Imperialism. |
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Decolonization -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century.
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Decolonization. |
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Colonies. |
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Politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Politicians. |
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Biographies.
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1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Print version: Schofield, Camilla, 1978- Enoch Powell and the making of postcolonial Britain 9781107007949 (DLC) 2012048494 (OCoLC)823014091 |
| ISBN |
9781107416406 (electronic book) |
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110741640X (electronic book) |
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9781139022057 (electronic book) |
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1139022059 (electronic book) |
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9781107007949 |
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1107007941 |
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