A vital work for its exploration of the way the very idea of home became white in Britain in the postwar period
Ahead of its time when first published and reviewed in the Guardian
Highly relevant in light of the Windrush scandal and recent debates surrounding race and colonialism in Britain
This Routledge Classics edition includes a new preface by the author
Wendy Webster is Professor of History at the Centre for History, Culture and Memory, University of Huddersfield, UK.
Title: Imagining Home: Gender, Race and National Identity, 1945-1964 (Routledge Classics)
Author: Webster, Wendy
ISBN: 9781032345208
Binding:
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2022-09-15
Number of Pages: 250
Weight: 0.5490 kg
'A riveting study of gender, race and national identity.' - Guardian
'Highly readable and authoratative, introducing readers to potentially difficult ideas in a thoroughly accessible way.' - Ethnic and Racial Studies
'This is an interesting and important book and should stand as a landmark study for this formative period of contemporary British history.' - Professor Mary Chamberlain, Women's History Review