A History of Black and Asian Writing in Britain, 1700-2000

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Cambridge University Press, Oct 31, 2002 - History - 308 pages
This is the first extended study of black and Asian writing in Britain over the last 250 years.
 

Contents

the historical context 7
7
Ignatius Sancho
17
Robert Wedderburn
56
The imperial century
72
nineteenthcentury
84
Mary Seacole and B M Malabari
126
Cornelia and Alice Sorabji
142
Ending empire
167
Duse Mohamed Ali antiimperial journals and black
182
ΙΟ Subaltern voices and the construction of a global vision
200
Epilogue
233
Notes
245
Notes on writers
276
Bibliography
287
Index
301
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Lyn Innes is Professor of Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Kent, Canterbury. She is the author of books on Chinua Achebe, African literature, Irish literature and articles on African American and Black British writers.