South Asians and the Shaping of Britain,

This sourcebook offers alternative ways of conceiving of the making of modern Britain. It intervenes in contemporary debates about Britain's heritage by illuminating the remarkable, yet still overlooked, impact that South Asians had on shaping the nature of British culture, politics and national identity during the period 1870-1950. The first anthology of primary material interdisciplinary study of the history of the South Asian presence in Britain over the period, it selects a wide range of official and non-official archival sources. and identifies four key areas of South Asian impact minority rights, war, culture and reception, and representation. The current relevance of South Asian engagement is underscored, projecting contemporary national concerns back into the past.

Ruvani Ranasinha is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English, King's College London. Rehana Ahmed is Senior Lecturer in English Studies at Teesside University. Sumita Mukherjee is an historian of South Asia and the British Empire.Florian Stadtler is a Research Fellow at the Open University.

Preface (Elleke Boehmer and Susheila Nasta)Chronology of eventsIntroduction (Ruvani Ranasinha) 1. Equality of Citizenship (Rehana Ahmed)2. Britain's Forgotten Volunteers: South Asian Contributions to the Two World Wars (Florian Stadtler)3. Textual Culture and Reception (Ruvani Ranasinha)4. Representations and Display (Sumita Mukherjee)Afterword (Rozina Visram)Select BibliographyIndex

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South Asians and the Shaping of Britain, 1870-1950 A Sourcebook

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