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Abstract

Clive Webb places Enoch Powell in a transatlantic perspective by assessing how he was influenced by, and in turn had an impact on, American politics. He demonstrates how Powell’s notorious “Rivers of Blood” speech of April 1968 owed to fears that the racial disorders affecting the inner cities of the United States could soon sweep across the Atlantic, an anxiety fuelled by the growth of Black Power in Britain. Powell’s reactionary stance on race and immigration consequently attracted the attention of American racists who at a time of increasing political retreat in the fight against black civil rights drew renewed inspiration from his mobilization of grassroots support and impact on electoral politics.

Abstract

Clive Webb places Enoch Powell in a transatlantic perspective by assessing how he was influenced by, and in turn had an impact on, American politics. He demonstrates how Powell’s notorious “Rivers of Blood” speech of April 1968 owed to fears that the racial disorders affecting the inner cities of the United States could soon sweep across the Atlantic, an anxiety fuelled by the growth of Black Power in Britain. Powell’s reactionary stance on race and immigration consequently attracted the attention of American racists who at a time of increasing political retreat in the fight against black civil rights drew renewed inspiration from his mobilization of grassroots support and impact on electoral politics.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front matter i
  2. Dedication v
  3. Contents vii
  4. Contributors ix
  5. Series editors’ foreword xii
  6. Preface xiv
  7. Introduction 1
  8. In the shadow of slavery and empire
  9. 1 Black pasts, white nationalist racecraft, and the political work of history 31
  10. 2 “Regular White man” 53
  11. 3 Wild power 71
  12. Opposing civil rights
  13. 4 Enoch Powell’s America / America’s Enoch Powell 105
  14. 5 From Belfast to Bob Jones 131
  15. Nostalgia for white rule
  16. 6 “One last retreat” 157
  17. 7 Transatlantic white supremacy 187
  18. The far right in the Anglosphere
  19. 8 White Australia alone? 231
  20. 9 “It’s a white fight and we’ve got to win it” 262
  21. Postscript 301
  22. Index 309
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Chapters in this book

  1. Front matter i
  2. Dedication v
  3. Contents vii
  4. Contributors ix
  5. Series editors’ foreword xii
  6. Preface xiv
  7. Introduction 1
  8. In the shadow of slavery and empire
  9. 1 Black pasts, white nationalist racecraft, and the political work of history 31
  10. 2 “Regular White man” 53
  11. 3 Wild power 71
  12. Opposing civil rights
  13. 4 Enoch Powell’s America / America’s Enoch Powell 105
  14. 5 From Belfast to Bob Jones 131
  15. Nostalgia for white rule
  16. 6 “One last retreat” 157
  17. 7 Transatlantic white supremacy 187
  18. The far right in the Anglosphere
  19. 8 White Australia alone? 231
  20. 9 “It’s a white fight and we’ve got to win it” 262
  21. Postscript 301
  22. Index 309
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