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Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain by Robert Winder (Paperback, 2005)
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Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain. Title: Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain. Authors: Winder, Robert. Binding: Paperback. Weight: 459 Gms. Publish Date: 21/04/2005.
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Immigration is one of the most important stories of modern British life, yet it has been happening since Caesar first landed in 53 BC. Ever since the first Roman, Saxon, Jute and Dane leaped off a boat we have been a mongrel nation. Our roots are a tangled web. From Huguenot weavers fleeing French Catholic persecution in the 18th century to South African dentists to Indian shopkeepers; from Jews in York in the 12th century (who had to wear a yellow star to distinguish them and who were shamefully expelled by Edward I in 1272) to the Jamaican who came on board the Windrush in 1947. The first Indian MP was elected in 1892, Walter Tull, the first black football player played (for Spurs and Northampton) before WW1 (and died heroically fighting for the allies in the last months of the war); in 1768 there were 20,000 black people in London (out of a population of 600,000 - a similar percentage to today). The 19th century brought huge numbers of Italians, Irish, Jews (from Russia and Poland mainly), Germans and Poles. This book draws all their stories together in a compelling narrative.Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group
ISBN-139780349115665
eBay Product ID (ePID)92078115
Product Key Features
Number of Pages560 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBloody Foreigners: the Story of Immigration to Britain
Publication Year2005
SubjectHistory
TypeTextbook
AuthorRobert Winder
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height196 mm
Item Weight452 g
Item Width127 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorRobert Winder
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- 22 Jan, 2023
Unfortunate title for a very informative book.
Something interesting on every line. Marvellous history book but only complaint is not enough white page space between the paragraphs which are too long. Very wearing on the eyes. Robert Winder would have known this so maybe publishers insisting on too many words per page as book v lengthy. Should be a school history book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 06 Sep, 2023
Great Book
Great and important book. It has helped me understand the context of what the Windrush Generation had to put up with coming to the UK.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 17 May, 2025
Just a great book!!!
Just a good bookVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 23 Aug, 2018
as above
A good readVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Jan, 2017
A thoroughly good read on all levels!
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
