Detailing the participation in British social life, in the first years of the 20th century, of people of African birth of descent, this study reveals the presence of black people in all walks of life all over the British Isles at the height of the imperialist era - challenging conventional views on imperialism, racism and British social history. Jeffr ey Green uses contemporary newspapers, books and memoirs of the era, archive documentation, oral history, family papers and photographs to detail black people's lives and achievements.
Detailing the participation in British social life, in the first years of the 20th century, of people of African birth of descent, this study reveals ...
The Union struggled to achieve an effective high command during the first two years of the American Civil War. Much of the Union's military attention in the first two years of the war was focused near Washington where General McClellan commanded the Army of the Potomac. McClellan intended to defeat the Confederacy by capturing Richmond. This failed and he was eventually sacked by President Lincoln. McClellan's sacking provoked a revolt among senior officers in this army which sought to return McClellan to command. This revolt reveals much about the Union as it tried to establish a system of...
The Union struggled to achieve an effective high command during the first two years of the American Civil War. Much of the Union's military attention ...
