Black 1919 by Jacqueline Jenkinson - 9781846312007

Black 1919Riots, Racism and Resistance in Imperial Britain\nAuthor(s): Jacqueline Jenkinson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Liverpool University Press\nISBN-13: 9781846312007, 978-1846312007\nSynopsis\nThe riots that broke out in various British port cities in 1919 were a dramatic manifestation of a wave of global unrest that affected Britain, parts of its empire, continental Europe and North America during and in the wake of the First World War. During the riots, crowds of white working-class people targeted black workers, their families and black-owned businesses and property. One of the chief sources of violent confrontation in the run-down port areas was the colour bar implemented by the sailors trades unions campaigning to keep black, Arab and Asian sailors off British ships in a time of increasing job competition. Black 1919 sets out the economic and social causes of the riots and their impact on Britains relationship with its .