{"product_id":"multicultural-britain-a-peoples-history-9780197797761","title":"Multicultural Britain: A People's History","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kieran Connell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - General\u003c\/p\u003e\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 Bir-mingham, takes readers into multicultural communities across Britain at key moments in their development. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJourneying far beyond London, \u003cem\u003eMulticultural Britain\u003c\/em\u003e ex-plores 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 weaponized 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46863576858775,"sku":"9780197797761","price":3968.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780197797761.webp?v=1769970841","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/multicultural-britain-a-peoples-history-9780197797761","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}