Asian Britain: A Photographic History

Nasta, Susheila; Stadtler, Florian

ISBN 10 : 1908906111 ISBN 13 : 9781908906113

Editeur : The Westbourne Press, 2013

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

'Celebrates the long, and sometimes surprising, history of Asian people in the UK ... Susheila Nasta s Asian Britain records an untold social history ... Poignant.' Guardian

'Fascinating - [This] breathtaking book sets out to chart a fascinating and important untold social history.' Daily Mail

'[Susheila Nasta's] new book, Asian Britain: A Photographic History is much in keeping with her earlier work, over three hundred pages of beautifully reproduced, often rare, illustrations with an accompanying explanatory text, introduced by BBC correspondent Razia Iqbal ... There is much here for both the student of British colonial and social history and for the general reader; the book doubles neatly as a source book for the former and an attractive coffee table book for the latter ... The historical record that Nasta illustrates is longer than most of us realise. Her book contains fascinating portraits of Indians who settled in Britain from the 18th Century onwards, whether as families or servants of returning British nabobs, as sailors lascars on British ships, or as enterprising individuals, such as Sake Dean Mahomed, who opened Mahomed's Vapour Baths in Brighton in 1821 and became King George IV's shampooing surgeon ... A timely new account.' --Asian Review of Books

'[Susheila Nasta s] new book, Asian Britain: A Photographic History is much in keeping with her earlier work, over three hundred pages of beautifully reproduced, often rare, illustrations with an accompanying explanatory text, introduced by BBC correspondent Razia Iqbal ... There is much here for both the student of British colonial and social history and for the general reader; the book doubles neatly as a source book for the former and an attractive coffee table book for the latter ... The historical record that Nasta illustrates is longer than most of us realise. Her book contains fascinating portraits of Indians who settled in Britain from the 18th Century onwards, whether as families or servants of returning British nabobs, as sailors lascars on British ships, or as enterprising individuals, such as Sake Dean Mahomed, who opened Mahomed s Vapour Baths in Brighton in 1821 and became King George IV s shampooing surgeon ... A timely new account.' --Asian Review of Books

Présentation de l'éditeur :

South Asians have lived in Britain for centuries. From the first trade conducted between the two nations along the Silk Route to the adoption of Chicken Tikka Masala as a national dish, the ongoing mutual exchange of cultures continues to flourish today. Asian Britain vividly charts Britain s process of coming to terms with the historic realities of its culturally diverse past and present.

This extraordinary photographic history draws upon culture, film, music, the military, business, the suffragist movement and the different phases of historic settlement of Asian migrants from the subcontinent, the Caribbean and East Africa. Personalities from the arts, business, politics and sport appear alongside the pioneers the first female law student at Oxford, the first Indian RAF pilots, the first Asian MP and of equal significance are the experiences and history of the ordinary immigrants.

Published in partnership with the British Library and Getty Images, this book includes a preface by Razia Iqbal

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: The Westbourne Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1908906111
• ISBN 13: 9781908906113
• Reliure: Livre broché
• Nombre de pages: 300