A01=Michael Diamond
Author_Michael Diamond
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Product details
- ISBN 9781843312161
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 135 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Aug 2006
- Publisher: Anthem Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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'Lesser Breeds' focuses on racism as manifested in the popular culture of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain, exemplified by attitudes to the Chinese, Arabs, Blacks and Jews. This compelling book investigates the manifold expressions of prejudice in the popular arts of the period.
Michael Diamond has been an editor, producer and presenter for the BBC, where he worked on 'The World at One' and the 'BBC World Service'. He has a lifelong interest in the Victorian age. He has recently published 'Victorian Sensation: Or the Spectacular, the Shocking and the Scandalous in Nineteenth-Century Britain' (Anthem Press, 2004).
