{"product_id":"black-and-british-by-david-olusoga-9781035062782","title":"Black and British","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the 2017 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eWinner of the Longman History Today Trustees' Award\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eLonglisted for the Orwell Prize\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnflinching and revealing, \u003cem\u003eBlack and British\u003c\/em\u003e is a vital history that reveals how black British lives have been woven into the fabric of the nation for centuries — from Roman Britain to the Black Lives Matter protests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Groundbreaking' - The Observer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e'A radical reappraisal' - The Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e'Written with great force and passion' - The Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on new research, original records, and expert testimony, David Olusoga's \u003cem\u003eBlack and British\u003c\/em\u003e shows us exactly why black history is not a separate or marginalised story, but an integral part of Britain's cultural and economic life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStretching back as far as Roman Britain, the medieval imagination, Elizabethan 'blackamoors', and the global slave-trading empire, it shows that the great industrial boom of the nineteenth century was built on American slavery, and that black Britons fought at Trafalgar and in the trenches of both World Wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow fully revised and updated to include the Windrush scandal and the Black Lives Matter movement, this is a history that reveals how the lives of black and white Britons have been entwined for centuries — a history that belongs to us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow in the Picador Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47550251663596,"sku":"9781035062782","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035062782-black-and-british.jpg?v=1776800606","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/black-and-british-by-david-olusoga-9781035062782","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}