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An unforgettable portrait of a generation, which brilliantly illuminates an essential and much-misunderstood chapter of our history. 'A remarkable oral history of black postwar British life... Homecoming is an extraordinary and compelling book' Daily Telegraph Homecoming draws on over a hundred first-hand interviews, archival recordings and memoirs by the women and men who came to Britain from the West Indies between the late 1940s and the early 1960s. In their own words, we witness the transition from the optimism of the first post-war arrivals to the race riots of the late 1950s. We hear from nurses in Manchester; bus drivers in Bristol; seamstresses in Birmingham; teachers in Croydon; dockers in Cardiff; inter-racial lovers in High Wycombe, and Carnival Queens in Leeds. These are stories of hope and regret, of triumphs and challenges, brimming with humour, anger and wisdom. Together, they reveal a rich tapestry of Caribbean British lives. Homecoming is an unforgettable portrait of a generation, which brilliantly illuminates an essential and much-misunderstood chapter of our history. ** A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week** **A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year**Product Identifiers
PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139781787331051
eBay Product ID (ePID)27046614873
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
Publication NameHomecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation
LanguageEnglish
SubjectTransportation, History
Publication Year2019
TypeTextbook
AuthorColin Grant
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories
Dimensions
Item Height240 mm
Item Weight565 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorColin Grant