We were there
Bakare, Lanre2025
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From the late 1970s to the early 1990s Britain was in tumult: rocked by Margaret Thatcher's radical economic policy, the rise of the National Front, widespread civil unrest. With anti-immigration policies in the political mainstream, Black lives were on the frontline of a racial reckoning. But it was also a time of unrivalled Black cultural creation, organising and resistance. This was the crucible in which modern Britain came into existence. 'We Were There' brings into the spotlight extraordinary Black lives in once-rich cities now home to failing industries: the foundries of Birmingham, the docks of Liverpool and Cardiff, the mills of Bradford. We are in Wigan, Wolverhampton, Manchester and the green expanse of the British countryside. We meet feminists and Rastafarians, academics and pan-Africanists, environmental campaigners and rugby-league superstars.
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pendleton Library | Adult Non Fiction | 305.896041 BAKHardback | Available |
Main title:
We were there / Lanre Bakare.
Author:
Bakare, Lanre, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : The Bodley Head, 2025.
Collation:
366 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781847927477 (hbk)
Dewey class:
305.896041305.896041 BAK
Local class:
CU.3.01/BAK
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3958056