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Windrush

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The arrival of HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks, Essex in 1948 was turned into a significant event by the British media but it is only one small part of a bigger story. ‘Windrush’ looks at the movement of people after the Second World War in Britain. In an accessible and child-friendly way, the book explores the treatment of Black people, the struggles they faced and those they continue to face as well as celebrating the legacy of the Windrush generation in modern Britain.

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SKU: 9780241544204 Category: Ch Younger Fiction Tags: Educational: History, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), People & places (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: racism & multiculturalism (Children's / Teenage)
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The arrival of HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks, Essex in 1948 was turned into a significant event by the British media but it is only one small part of a bigger story.

Windrush looks at the movement of people after the Second World War in Britain. In an accessible and child-friendly way, the book explores the treatment of Black people, the struggles they faced and those they continue to face as well as celebrating the legacy of the Windrush generation in modern Britain.

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Weight 115 g
Dimensions 178 × 119 × 7 mm
Author

Grant, Colin

Publisher

Ladybird Books

Imprint

Ladybird Books

Cover

Hardback

Pages

42

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

305.896041 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J

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