Racialisation of Disorder in Twentieth Century Britain

Michael Rowe, University of Leicester, UK

• Contents: Introduction: law, disorder and the nation; Marxism, postmodernism and the racialization problematic; Liverpool, 1919: ...to make an honest bread; Political disorder in 1930s Britain: coloured shirts and tin trumpets; Nottingham and Notting Hill 1958-59: ostentatious blacks and rowdy whites; Broadwater Farm, October 1985: this is not England; Conclusion; Bibliography.

’This is a valuable book for anyone interested in understanding both the history and contemporary forms of disorder related to race. It provides a rounded analysis of an issue that is central to the study of political and social change in British society.’ John Solomos, University of Southampton, UK ’...will be of use first and foremost to students of race and ethnicity...solid and evenly balanced...’ Ethnic conflict