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The Lives and Afterlives of Enoch Powell: The Undying Political Animal book cover

1st Edition

The Lives and Afterlives of Enoch Powell The Undying Political Animal

Edited By Olivier Esteves, Stéphane Porion Copyright 2019
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge
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50 years after Enoch Powell’s self-styled detonation in the form of his so-called ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech, this volume brings together contributions from international scholars in the field of history, political science and British studies, with new insights from hitherto unexplored archives. It investigates some of the key national and grassroots parameters which, from above and from below, led... Read more

Acknowledgements



List of Contributors





Introduction





Part 1 : The Powell Effect in British Politics and Society







  1. ‘Powell and After: Immigration, Race and Politics in Britain’




    2. R. Ford





  2. ‘Wrathful rememberers : harnessing the memory of World War II in letters of support to Powell




    3. O. Esteves





    Part 2 : Powell and the Press





  3. ‘Powell and the media : an insider’s account’




    4. N. Jones





  4. ‘An international press view of the Powell Moment (1968-1973)’




    5. O. Esteves





    Part 3 : Reterritorialising Powell





  5. ‘The rise of the Runnymede Trust : Enoch Powell and the media wars’




    6. B. Bebber





  6. ‘Enoch Powell, British Nationality and The Irish Question (1968-1987)’




    7. D. Shiels





    　



    Part 4 : Powellism and Conservative Politics





  7. ‘Enoch Powell, Julian Amery and Debates over Britain’s world role after 1945’




    8. P. Corthorn





  8. ‘The End of an Intellectual Journey: How Alfred Sherman’s Ideas on Immigration and the British Nation were Framed by Powellism (1968-1979)’




    9. S. Porion





    Part 5 : Powellism and Nativist Right Politics





  9. ‘"Enoch was right" – The Powell Effect on the National Front in the 1970s’




    10. S. Porion





  10. ‘The ambivalence of UKIP towards Enoch Powell’s legacy’




K. Tournier-Sol



Conclusion





Index

Biography

Olivier Esteves is Professor of British Studies at the University of Lille, France.



Stéphane Porion is senior lecturer in British Studies at the University of Tours, France.

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