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Britain's 'brown babies' : the stories of children born to black GIs and white women in the Second World War

Bland, Lucy2021
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This work recounts a little-known history of an estimated 2000 children born to black GIs and white British women in WWII. 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.
Author:
Bland, Lucy, author
Imprint:
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2021.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2019.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781526160119 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
1189151
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