Renegade: The Life and Times of Darcus Howe
Autor Robin Bunce, Paul Fielden Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 apr 2021
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781448218080
ISBN-10: 144821808X
Pagini: 496
Ilustrații: 8 pages of black and white plates
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 7 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Caravel
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 144821808X
Pagini: 496
Ilustrații: 8 pages of black and white plates
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 7 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Caravel
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Black civil rights in the UK are a hot topic at the moment, with Black Lives Matter and other campaigns gaining prominence.
Notă biografică
Robin Bunce is a Fellow of Homerton College, University of Cambridge. He specialises in the history of ideas, particularly the recent history of black radicalism in Britain. He has written for The Guardian, The Huffington Post, The Independent and the New Statesman. Together with Samara Linton he published Diane Abbott: the Authorised Biography in 2020.Paul Field worked as a journalist for many years specialising in issues of policing, asylum and institutional racism, before becoming a lawyer specialising in the fields of discrimination and employment. Together with Robin Bunce, he was also a historical consultant on the Steve McQueen film Mangrove, and Rogan Productions' Black Power: A British Story of Resistance.
Cuprins
Foreword by Adam Elliott-CooperPreface to the Updated EditionPreface to the Paperback EditionAuthors' PrefaceIntroduction - 'Darcus Howe is a West Indian'1. Son of a Preacher Man2. 'Dabbling with Revolution': Black Power Comes to Britain3. Know Yourself4. Cause for Concern5. 'Darcus Howe is not a Comedian'6. Revolution in Trinidad: 'Seize Power and Send for James'7. A Resting Place in Babylon: Frank Crichlow and the Mangrove8. Demonstration9. Clampdown10. 55 Days at the Old Bailey11. Towards Racial Justice12. Race Today: 'Come What May we are Here to Stay'13. Ten Years on Bail: 'Darcus Outta Jail'14. 'Thirteen Dead and Nothing Said'15. Insurrection16. Carnival: Revolutionaries Don't Wear Glitter17. Playing Devil's Advocate18. Slave Nation19. Fight to the FinishNotesBibliographyIndex
Recenzii
The first detailed history of black power in Britain . . . Bunce and Paul Field have published a political biography of Darcus Howe - one of the most significant black activists in Britain - using him as a framework for a history of the black power movement in Britain.
One of the most exciting books on the shelves at the moment
Darcus Howe has been a towering figure,a powerful voice and an indominatable spirit for nearly half a century. His life embraces the history and critical importance of the struggle for justice and equality before the law. The lessons so graphically described in this book should not be forgotten by anyone lest we be condemned to relive them.
This book is a an invaluable contribution to a vital task: uncovering the history of black activism in Britain and its relationship to global trends. The authors place the meaning and impact of Black Power, so often caricatured, in a richly chronicled context. In the spirit of CLR James, a figure who rightly presides over the book, as he did over the life of its subject, they focus on grass-roots creativity, on the interventions of people on the margins. In so doing, they bring to life a series of dramatic struggles, including the Black Power revolt in Trinidad, the persecution of the Mangrove restaurant in Notting Hill and the ground-breaking resistance to it, the New Cross fire and the Brixton riots of 1981. The book is a powerful reminder of much of our recent history, a history in danger of being forgotten or filed away under glib rubrics
This biography of Darcus Howe is undoubtedly a labour of love. Robin Bunce and Paul Field have made a creditable attempt to chart postwar black activism though one man's life. And there can be no other person more appropriate to build the story around - because Darcus Howe is one of the standout activists and public intellectuals of his generation ... for many of us, he will always be that man in the dock at the Mangrove trail, standing up to an institutioanlly racist state - and standing up for us all. This meticulous biography sets out the facts about a life and an era that should be far more widely known.
Political biographies are to be treasured and those of revolutionary activists the more so. [.] Unknown to me then were the personal history and the strands of influence that had been synthesised into so extraordinary a creative political life. It is this rich exploration that I embark on in each rereading [.] This book delivers an understanding of how those enduring brilliant flashes that lit up the possibilities of resisting and winning in truth were achieved. This is the book I read. And share.
One of the most exciting books on the shelves at the moment
Darcus Howe has been a towering figure,a powerful voice and an indominatable spirit for nearly half a century. His life embraces the history and critical importance of the struggle for justice and equality before the law. The lessons so graphically described in this book should not be forgotten by anyone lest we be condemned to relive them.
This book is a an invaluable contribution to a vital task: uncovering the history of black activism in Britain and its relationship to global trends. The authors place the meaning and impact of Black Power, so often caricatured, in a richly chronicled context. In the spirit of CLR James, a figure who rightly presides over the book, as he did over the life of its subject, they focus on grass-roots creativity, on the interventions of people on the margins. In so doing, they bring to life a series of dramatic struggles, including the Black Power revolt in Trinidad, the persecution of the Mangrove restaurant in Notting Hill and the ground-breaking resistance to it, the New Cross fire and the Brixton riots of 1981. The book is a powerful reminder of much of our recent history, a history in danger of being forgotten or filed away under glib rubrics
This biography of Darcus Howe is undoubtedly a labour of love. Robin Bunce and Paul Field have made a creditable attempt to chart postwar black activism though one man's life. And there can be no other person more appropriate to build the story around - because Darcus Howe is one of the standout activists and public intellectuals of his generation ... for many of us, he will always be that man in the dock at the Mangrove trail, standing up to an institutioanlly racist state - and standing up for us all. This meticulous biography sets out the facts about a life and an era that should be far more widely known.
Political biographies are to be treasured and those of revolutionary activists the more so. [.] Unknown to me then were the personal history and the strands of influence that had been synthesised into so extraordinary a creative political life. It is this rich exploration that I embark on in each rereading [.] This book delivers an understanding of how those enduring brilliant flashes that lit up the possibilities of resisting and winning in truth were achieved. This is the book I read. And share.