An edition of Soon come home to this island
(2007)
Soon come home to this island
West Indians in British children's literature
by Karen Sands-O'Connor
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Books and reading, Characters and characteristics in literature, Children, Children's literature, English, History, History and criticism, Imperialism in literature, In literature, Juvenile literature, West Indians in literature, Children's literature, history and criticism, English literature, history and criticism, Characters in literature, National characteristics, Caribbean, in literature, Littérature de jeunesse anglaise, Histoire et critique, Enfants, Livres et lecture, Histoire, Dans la littérature, Antillais dans la littérature, Impérialisme dans la littérature, JUVENILE NONFICTION, General, LiteraturePlaces
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Table of Contents
Preface: soon come home
This island for England: early depictions of the West Indies
The Black man's lament: enlisting child readers in the fight over slavery
A small corner of the Empire: the West Indies in literature of the Victorian era
School on an island: geographies, school stories, and comics in the first half of the twentieth century
The winds of change: the West Indian comes to Britain
Happy families?: British picture books after 1970
This island for me: Black British writers
Conclusion: the avenging Caribbean
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-224) and index
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