This classic book is a powerful indictment of contemporary attitudes to race. By accusing British intellectuals and politicians on both sides of the political divide of refusing to take race seriously, Paul Gilroy caused immediate uproar when this book wa
Acknowledgments Introduction to Routledge Classics edition Introduction 1. Race, class and agency 2. The whisper wakes, the shudder plays: race, nation and ethnic absolutism 3. Lesser breeds without the law 4. Two sides of anti-racism 5. Diaspora, utopia