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Asian Britain: A Photographic History
Susheila Nasta
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Description for Asian Britain: A Photographic History
Paperback. Unique and arresting photographic history of South Asians in Britain (namely in Birmingham, Leeds, Bradford, Glasgow and London's East End ), from 1858 to the present Includes rich and rarely seen images from archives in Britain, India and the US. Published in partnership with the British Library and Getty Images. With a preface by Razia Iqbal. Num Pages: 300 pages, 286 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AJC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 222 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1272.
South Asians have lived in Britain for centuries. From the first trade conducted between the two nations along the Silk Route to the adoption of Chicken Tikka Masala as a national dish, the ongoing mutual exchange of cultures continues to flourish today. Asian Britain vividly charts Britain's process of coming to terms with the historic realities of its culturally diverse past and present. This extraordinary photographic history draws upon culture, film, music, the military, business, the suffragist movement and the different phases of historic settlement of Asian migrants from the subcontinent, the Caribbean and East Africa. Personalities ... Read more
South Asians have lived in Britain for centuries. From the first trade conducted between the two nations along the Silk Route to the adoption of Chicken Tikka Masala as a national dish, the ongoing mutual exchange of cultures continues to flourish today. Asian Britain vividly charts Britain's process of coming to terms with the historic realities of its culturally diverse past and present. This extraordinary photographic history draws upon culture, film, music, the military, business, the suffragist movement and the different phases of historic settlement of Asian migrants from the subcontinent, the Caribbean and East Africa. Personalities ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Westbourne Press
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908906113
SKU
V9781908906113
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Ref
99-15
About Susheila Nasta
Florian Stadtler was an Open University Research Fellow (2008-2013) on two AHRC-funded projects investigating the cultural, social and political history of Asian Britain. He has published on South Asian cinema, history and writing, including Fiction, Film and Indian Popular Cinema: Salman Rushdie's Novels and the Cinematic Imagination. He is Lecturer in Global Literature at the University of Exeter. ... Read more
Reviews for Asian Britain: A Photographic History
'Fascinating - [This] breathtaking book - sets out to chart a fascinating and important untold social history.' Daily Mail 'Celebrates the long, and sometimes surprising, history of Asian people in the UK - Susheila Nasta's Asian Britain records an untold social history - Poignant' Guardian