An African in Imperial London
The Indomitable Life of A. B. C. Merriman-Labor
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2018
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84904-960-3 (ISBN)
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84904-960-3 (ISBN)
A vivid biography of an African Edwardian chronicler of London, in a time of social upheaval.
In a world dominated by the British Empire, and at a time when many Europeans considered black people inferior, Sierra Leonean writer A. B. C. Merriman-Labor claimed his right to describe the world as he found it. He looked at the Empire's great capital and laughed.
In this first biography of Merriman-Labor, Danell Jones describes the tragic spiral that pulled him down the social ladder from writer and barrister to munitions worker, from witty observer of the social order to patient in a state-run hospital for the poor. In restoring this extraordinary man to the pantheon of African observers of colonialism, she opens a window onto racial attitudes in Edwardian London.
An African in Imperial London is a rich portrait of a great metropolis, writhing its way into a new century of appalling social inequity, world-transforming inventions, and unprecedented demands for civil rights.
WINNER OF THE HIGH PLAINS BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION
In a world dominated by the British Empire, and at a time when many Europeans considered black people inferior, Sierra Leonean writer A. B. C. Merriman-Labor claimed his right to describe the world as he found it. He looked at the Empire's great capital and laughed.
In this first biography of Merriman-Labor, Danell Jones describes the tragic spiral that pulled him down the social ladder from writer and barrister to munitions worker, from witty observer of the social order to patient in a state-run hospital for the poor. In restoring this extraordinary man to the pantheon of African observers of colonialism, she opens a window onto racial attitudes in Edwardian London.
An African in Imperial London is a rich portrait of a great metropolis, writhing its way into a new century of appalling social inequity, world-transforming inventions, and unprecedented demands for civil rights.
WINNER OF THE HIGH PLAINS BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION
Danell Jones is a writer and scholar whose works have appeared in a wide variety of publications,from British academic journals to small presses. She has a PhD in literature from Columbia University and is the author of 'The Virginia Woolf Writers’ Workshop' and 'Desert Elegy'.
Erscheinungsdatum | 21.07.2018 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-84904-960-2 / 1849049602 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-84904-960-3 / 9781849049603 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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