Manchester University Press
Introduction
Abstract
This summarises the nature of the book and what makes it unique, and outlines its main argument. It explains that the book serves as a critique of the cultural turn and of identity politics, and a call for a return to more materialist understandings as a basis for addressing socio-economic inequality. It looks at ideas about racialisation, and includes an explanation of the book’s use of key terms, including ‘working class’.
Abstract
This summarises the nature of the book and what makes it unique, and outlines its main argument. It explains that the book serves as a critique of the cultural turn and of identity politics, and a call for a return to more materialist understandings as a basis for addressing socio-economic inequality. It looks at ideas about racialisation, and includes an explanation of the book’s use of key terms, including ‘working class’.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vii
- Preface and acknowledgements ix
- Introduction 1
- 1 Sailors, students and settlers 6
- 2 Desher Dak – ‘The Call of the Homeland’ 32
- 3 Joi Bangla! – 1971 57
- 4 British Bangladeshis 79
- 5 Socialism on stony ground 92
- 6 Black radicalism and separate organisation 115
- 7 Bengalis in the council chamber 147
- 8 Mobilisation through Islam 175
- 9 The Respect experiment 215
- 10 Diverging paths 240
- Bibliography 263
- Index 277
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vii
- Preface and acknowledgements ix
- Introduction 1
- 1 Sailors, students and settlers 6
- 2 Desher Dak – ‘The Call of the Homeland’ 32
- 3 Joi Bangla! – 1971 57
- 4 British Bangladeshis 79
- 5 Socialism on stony ground 92
- 6 Black radicalism and separate organisation 115
- 7 Bengalis in the council chamber 147
- 8 Mobilisation through Islam 175
- 9 The Respect experiment 215
- 10 Diverging paths 240
- Bibliography 263
- Index 277