Black Victorians/Black Victoriana

by Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina

Book Overview

Black Victorians/Black Victoriana is a welcome attempt to correct the historical record. Although scholarship has given us a clear view of nineteenth-century imperialism, colonialism, and later immigration from the colonies, there has for far too long been a gap in our understanding of the lives of blacks in Victorian England. Without that understanding, it remains impossible to assess adequately the state of the black population in Britain today...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813532159
• ISBN13: 9780813532158
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.2"