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

Resource Information

The work Britain's 'brown babies' : the stories of children born to black GIs and white women in the Second World War represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

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

Title remainder

the stories of children born to black GIs and white women in the Second World War

Statement of responsibility

Lucy Bland

Creator

• Bland, Lucy

Author

• Bland, Lucy

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Great Britain
• Racially mixed children -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain

Language

eng

Summary

This book recounts a little-known history of an estimated 2,000 children born to black GIs and white British women in world war 11. 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

Cataloging source

UKAHL

Dewey number

305.80094109045

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HQ777.9

LC item number

.B53 2019eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Target audience

specialized