War to Windrush

Name: War to Windrush
Author: Stephen Bourne, fl. 1991

written by Stephen Bourne, fl. 1991 (London, England: Jacaranda Books, 2018), 247 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary: Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush, Stephen Bourne’s War to Windrush explores the lives of Britain’s immigrant community through the experiences of Black British women during the period spanning from the beginning of World War II to the arrival of the Empire Windrush in 1948.In those short years, Black British women performed integral roles in keeping the country functioning and set the stage for the arrival of other black Britons on the MV Empire Windrush. The book shows first-hand what life was like in Britain for black women through photography and evocative prose.War to Windrush retraces the history of those women who helped to build the great, multicultural Britain we know today.
Field of Interest: Black Studies
Author: Stephen Bourne, fl. 1991
Content Type: Book
Duration: 0 sec
Warning: Contains explicit content: No
Format: Text
Page Count: 247
Publication Year: 2018
Publisher: Jacaranda Books
Place Published / Released: London, England
Subject: Black Studies, Diversity, Communities, Migration, Women, Immigrant populations, Cultural identity, Reino Unido, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain, Britain, Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom, British
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Reino Unido, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain, Britain, Kingdom of Great Britain