Hurst & Co.
An African in Imperial London: The Indomitable Life of A.B.C. Merriman-Labor
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9781849049603
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9781849049603
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An African in Imperial London: The Indomitable Life of A.B.C. Merriman-Labor
$45.53
In a world dominated by the British Empire, and at a time when many Europeans considered black people inferior, Sierra Leonean writer A. B. C. Merriman-Labor claimed his right to describe the world as he found it. He looked at the Empire's great capital and laughed.
In this first biography of Merriman-Labor, Danell Jones describes the tragic spiral that pulled him down the social ladder from writer and barrister to munitions worker, from witty observer of the social order to patient in a state-run hospital for the poor. In restoring this extraordinary man to the pantheon of African observers of colonialism, she opens a window onto racial attitudes in Edwardian London.
An African in Imperial London is a rich portrait of a great metropolis, writhing its way into a new century of appalling social inequity, world-transforming inventions, and unprecedented demands for civil rights.
In this first biography of Merriman-Labor, Danell Jones describes the tragic spiral that pulled him down the social ladder from writer and barrister to munitions worker, from witty observer of the social order to patient in a state-run hospital for the poor. In restoring this extraordinary man to the pantheon of African observers of colonialism, she opens a window onto racial attitudes in Edwardian London.
An African in Imperial London is a rich portrait of a great metropolis, writhing its way into a new century of appalling social inequity, world-transforming inventions, and unprecedented demands for civil rights.
| Author: Danell Jones |
| Publisher: Hurst & Co. |
| Publication Date: Sep 01, 2018 |
| Number of Pages: 320 pages |
| Binding: Hardback or Cased Book |
| ISBN-10: 1849049602 |
| ISBN-13: 9781849049603 |
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