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Author Rowe, Michael

Title The Racialisation of Disorder in Twentieth Century Britain
Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (222 pages)
Series Research in Ethnic Relations Series
Research in ethnic relations series.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Law, Disorder and the Nation; Public disorder in the 1980s: 'hell-bent on confrontation'; Methodology; Structure of the book; 1 Marxism, Postmodernism, and the Racialisation Problematic; Introduction; Marxism, neo-Marxism and 'race'; The classical Marxist approach; The migrant labour model; The relative autonomy model; The postmodern challenge; Reconceptualising 'race': a critically realist racialisation problematic; Summary and conclusion
2 Liverpool, 1919: ' ... To Make An Honest Bread'?Introduction; Background and context; Explaining the disorders; Fears surrounding miscegenation; Competition for employment; Citizenship and 'difference'; 'Safe on sacred ground'; Conclusion; 3 Political Disorder in 1930s Britain: 'Coloured Shirts and Tin Trumpets'; Introduction; Background and context; Olympia, 7 June 1934: 'wholly unnecessary violence'; 'The Battle of Cable Street', 4 October 1936: 'they shall not pass'; Explaining the disorders; Jews in the East End of London: 'you've got to be a good Yiddisher boy'
Fascism, violence, and the British tradition: 'un-British weeds in British soil'Conclusion; 4 Nottingham and Notting Hill 1958-59: 'Ostentatious Blacks and Rowdy Whites'; Introduction; Background and context; Explaining the disorders; Housing, unemployment, and national assistance; Immigration; Youths, crime, and social nuisance; Pimping, sex, and 'silly girls'; Liberal, charitable, and community groups; Conclusion; 5 Broadwater Farm, October 1985: 'This is not England'; Introduction; Background and context; Explaining the disorders; The primacy of law and order
The racialisation of the disputes'Demonising' Broadwater Farm; Gender roles and racialisation; Conclusion; 6 Conclusion; Introduction; The racialisation of disorder; The 'law and order' tradition; Distant disorder?; Bibliography; Index
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Subject Ethnic groups.
ethnic groups.
Ethnic groups
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351883283
1351883283