Michael Diamond has been an editor, producer and presenter for the BBC, where he worked on 'The World at One' and the 'BBC World Service'. He has a lifelong interest in the Victorian age. He has recently published 'Victorian Sensation: Or the Spectacular, the Shocking and the Scandalous in Nineteenth-Century Britain' (Anthem Press, 2004).

• Introduction; Chapter 1: The Yellow Peril and the Background to Villainy; 2. Chapter 2: Chinese Villains and Masterminds; 3. Chapter 3: Gordon and Arab Nationalism; 4. French North Africa and the Lure of the Desert; Chapter 5: The Sheikh and His Imitators; Chapter 6. Ghettoes and Stereotypes; Chapter 7: Jewish 'Pride of Race'; Chapter 8: The Jews and Some Famous Authors; Chapter 9: Jews on Jews; Chapter 10: Coping with Africa; Chapter 11: Blacks in the Caribbean and Home; Afterword; Notes; Index

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Michael Diamond has been an editor, producer and presenter for the BBC, where he worked on 'The World at One' and the 'BBC World Service'. He has a lifelong interest in the Victorian age. He has recently published 'Victorian Sensation: Or the Spectacular, the Shocking and the Scandalous in Nineteenth-Century Britain' (Anthem Press, 2004).

• Introduction; Chapter 1: The Yellow Peril and the Background to Villainy; 2. Chapter 2: Chinese Villains and Masterminds; 3. Chapter 3: Gordon and Arab Nationalism; 4. French North Africa and the Lure of the Desert; Chapter 5: The Sheikh and His Imitators; Chapter 6. Ghettoes and Stereotypes; Chapter 7: Jewish 'Pride of Race'; Chapter 8: The Jews and Some Famous Authors; Chapter 9: Jews on Jews; Chapter 10: Coping with Africa; Chapter 11: Blacks in the Caribbean and Home; Afterword; Notes; Index

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Michael Diamond has been an editor, producer and presenter for the BBC, where he worked on 'The World at One' and the 'BBC World Service'. He has a lifelong interest in the Victorian age. He has recently published 'Victorian Sensation: Or the Spectacular, the Shocking and the Scandalous in Nineteenth-Century Britain' (Anthem Press, 2004).

• Introduction; Chapter 1: The Yellow Peril and the Background to Villainy; 2. Chapter 2: Chinese Villains and Masterminds; 3. Chapter 3: Gordon and Arab Nationalism; 4. French North Africa and the Lure of the Desert; Chapter 5: The Sheikh and His Imitators; Chapter 6. Ghettoes and Stereotypes; Chapter 7: Jewish 'Pride of Race'; Chapter 8: The Jews and Some Famous Authors; Chapter 9: Jews on Jews; Chapter 10: Coping with Africa; Chapter 11: Blacks in the Caribbean and Home; Afterword; Notes; Index

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