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Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
When did Africans first come to Britain? Who are the well-dressed black children in Georgian paintings? Why did the American Civil War disrupt the Industrial Revolution? These and many other questions are answered in this essential introduction to 1800 years of the Black British history: from the Roman Africans who guarded Hadrian?s Wall right up to the present day. This new children's version of the bestseller Black and British: A Forgotten History...
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Series
Publisher
Profile Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Kenneth Clark's 1969 BBC series Civilisation (note the singular) is perhaps the most celebrated documentary series ever made, except that it was entirely of its time: patrician to the exclusion of women and western to the exclusion of all other cultures. Spring 2018 sees an ambitious 10-part BBC re-make, presented by Britain's foremost historians, embracing global civilisations and exploring different themes in the universal histories of art and culture....
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