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Lesser Breeds: Attitudes to Race 1890-1940 (Anthem Nineteenth Century Studies)
Lesser Breeds Attitudes to Race 18901940 - Anthem Nineteenth Century Studies Author:Michael Diamond This book focuses on racism as manifested in the popular culture of nineteenth and early 20th-century Britain, exemplified by attitudes to Chinese, Arabs, Blacks, and Jews. There are two chapters for each racial group. Like the book Victorian Sensation, Lesser Breeds is more of a comparative exploration of how popular racism was manifested in th... more »e press, what issues it raised and fed off, and what this said about the British people at the time. This would certainly be of interest given the current climate of tabloid racism; it would also appeal to a general and unfailing interest in the intriguingly vulgar British Empire.« less