{"product_id":"9781911723516-multicultural-britain-a-peoples-history","title":"Multicultural Britain","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA People’s History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new history of how we became multicultural, revealing the personal and community relationships that underpin Britain’s post-imperial transition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetween the end of the Second World War and the early twenty-first century, Britain became multicultural. This vivid book tells that remarkable story. Kieran Connell, an historian of Irish and German heritage who grew up in Balsall Heath, inner-city Birmingham, takes readers into multicultural communities across Britain at key moments in their development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJourneying far beyond London, \u003cem\u003eMulticultural Britain\u003c\/em\u003e explores the messy contradictions of the country’s transition into today’s diverse society. It reveals the ordinary people who have forged Britain’s multiculturalism; skewers public leaders, from Enoch Powell to Harold Wilson to Margaret Thatcher, who have too often weaponised race for their own political ends; and shines a light on the shifting nature of British racism, revealing its enduring day-to-day impact on ethnic-minority groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetween postcolonial reckonings and immigration anxieties, how people live together in Brexit Britain remains an urgent question for our time. Connell’s fresh, thought-provoking book unveils British multiculturalism not as a problematic idea, but as a rich and complex lived reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41602102001761,"sku":"9781911723516","price":26.32,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_37623097_6738eb97-8cfc-4445-b85f-90602afd3d2f.jpg?v=1762224336","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781911723516-multicultural-britain-a-peoples-history","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}