Britain’s ‘brown babies’ : The stories of children born to black GIs and white women in the Second World War / / Lucy Bland

• Autore: Bland Lucy
• Pubblicazione: Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 271 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 306.846
• Soggetto topico: Social history; Racially mixed children; Oral history; Social history - 20th century; Multiracial children - Great Britain; World War, 1939-1945 - Black people
• Soggetto genere / forma: Oral histories.
• Soggetto non controllato: Americans; Black GIs; Britain; Mixed-race; Racism; Second World War; White women; World war II; illegitimacy; interracial relationships; ‘brown babies’
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 British women meet black GIs -- 2 Keeping the ‘brown babies’ -- 3 ‘Brown babies’ relinquished -- 4 Adoption, fostering and attempts to send the babies to the US -- 5 Secrets and lies -- 6 After the war and beyond -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Britain’s ‘brown babies’
• ISBN: 1-5261-3327-X; 1-5261-5405-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817619203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II