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Race, Archival Silences, and a Black Footballer Between the Wars

Martin Johnes Orcid Logo

Twentieth Century British History, Volume: 31, Issue: 4, Pages: 530 - 554

Swansea University Author: Martin Johnes Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1093/tcbh/hwaa023

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The relative absence of colour in archival sources has led the British historiography of race to concentrate too much on the reactions of white Britons and not enough on black experiences. With some notable exceptions, this has created an analytical emphasis on racism and discrimination rather than...

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Published in: Twentieth Century British History
ISSN: 0955-2359 1477-4674
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2020
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