LEADER 02985oam 22007574a 450 001 9910817619203321 005 20230126212252.0 010 $a1-5261-3327-X 010 $a1-5261-5405-6 024 7 $a10.7765/9781526154057 035 $a(CKB)4100000011287938 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6224979 035 $a(OCoLC)1158208916 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse87271 035 $a(DE-B1597)679188 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781526154057 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011287938 100 $a20200615h20192019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBritain?s ?brown babies?$eThe stories of children born to black GIs and white women in the Second World War /$fLucy Bland 210 1$aManchester :$cManchester University Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 271 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a1-5261-3326-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index. 327 $tFront matter -- $tDedication -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tList of illustrations -- $tIntroduction -- $t1 British women meet black GIs -- $t2 Keeping the ?brown babies? -- $t3 ?Brown babies? relinquished -- $t4 Adoption, fostering and attempts to send the babies to the US -- $t5 Secrets and lies -- $t6 After the war and beyond -- $tAppendix -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThis book recounts a little-known history of an estimated 2,000 children born to black GIs and white British women in world war 11. Stories from over 50 of these children, alongside many photographs, reveal the racism and stigma of growing up in what was then a very white country. 606 $aSocial history$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01122498 606 $aRacially mixed children$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01086590 606 $aOral history$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01047055 606 $aSocial history$y20th century 606 $aOral history 606 $aRacially mixed children 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xBlack people 608 $aOral histories. 608 $aOral histories. 610 $aAmericans. 610 $aBlack GIs. 610 $aBritain. 610 $aMixed-race. 610 $aRacism. 610 $aSecond World War. 610 $aWhite women. 610 $aWorld war II. 610 $aillegitimacy. 610 $ainterracial relationships. 610 $a?brown babies?. 615 7$aSocial history. 615 7$aRacially mixed children. 615 7$aOral history. 615 0$aSocial history 615 0$aOral history. 615 0$aRacially mixed children. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xBlack people. 676 $a306.846 700 $aBland$b Lucy$01714563 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817619203321 996 $aBritain?s ?brown babies?$94108506 997 $aUNINA