What's in a name? : friendship, identity and history in modern multicultural Britain /

by Banerjee, Sheela.

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BookPublisher: London : Sceptre, 2023Description: 320 pages ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781529367591 (hbk.) :; 152936759X (hbk.) :.Classification number: 325.42 BANSubject(s): Names, Ethnological -- Great Britain -- History | Minorities -- Great Britain -- Identification | Politics and Government | Politics and Government | United Kingdom, Great Britain | Historical & comparative linguistics | Biography & non-fiction prose | Social & cultural history | Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours | Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration | Great Britain -- Ethnic relationsSummary: Journalist, academic and ex-TV producer Sheela Banerjee's fascinating first book is a blend of history, memoir and politics and tells the history of multicultural Britain. In 'What's in a Name?', Sheela tells stories of friends and family through their names and takes us from the fight against racism in Britain to an escape from Nigeria, from Jamaica in the 60s to pre-Revolutionary Russia. Each name contains centuries of history and acts as a portal to other worlds.

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Journalist, academic and ex-TV producer Sheela Banerjee's fascinating first book is a blend of history, memoir and politics and tells the history of multicultural Britain. In 'What's in a Name?', Sheela tells stories of friends and family through their names and takes us from the fight against racism in Britain to an escape from Nigeria, from Jamaica in the 60s to pre-Revolutionary Russia. Each name contains centuries of history and acts as a portal to other worlds.

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