African in Imperial London - The Indomitable Life of A. B. C. Merriman-LaborPevná vazba
African in Imperial London - The Indomitable Life of A. B. C. Merriman-LaborPevná vazba In a world dominated by the British Empire, and at a time when many Europeans considered black people inferior,…
Specifikacia African in Imperial London - The Indomitable Life of A. B. C. Merriman-LaborPevná vazba
African in Imperial London - The Indomitable Life of A. B. C. Merriman-LaborPevná vazba
In a world dominated by the British Empire, and at a time when many Europeans considered black people inferior, Sierra Leonean writer A. B. C. He looked at the Empire's great capital and laughed.In this first biography of Merriman-Labor, Danell Jones describes the tragic spiral that pulled him down the social ladder from writer and barrister to munitions worker, from witty observer of the social order to patient in a state-run hospital for the poor. Merriman-Labor claimed his right to describe the world as he found it.
In restoring this extraordinary man to the pantheon of African observers of colonialism, she opens a window onto racial attitudes in Edwardian London.An African in Imperial London is a rich portrait of a great metropolis, writhing its way into a new century of appalling social inequity, world-transforming inventions, and unprecedented demands for civil