{"product_id":"homecoming-voices-of-the-windrush-generation","title":"Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHomecoming\u003c\/em\u003e draws on over a hundred first-hand interviews, archival recordings and memoirs by the women and men who came to Britain from the West Indies between the late 1940s and the early 1960s. An unforgettable portrait of a generation, which brilliantly illuminates an essential and much-misunderstood chapter of our history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe hear from nurses in Manchester; bus drivers in Bristol; seamstresses in Birmingham; teachers in Croydon; dockers in Cardiff; inter-racial lovers in High Wycombe, and Carnival Queens in Leeds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are stories of hope and regret, of triumphs and challenges, brimming with humour, anger and wisdom. Together, they reveal a rich tapestry of Caribbean British lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is part of the shop's collection that accompanies the Ashmolean Museum installation \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ashmolean.org\/collections\/shedding-light\" title=\"Shedding Light Ashmolean Shop Collection Page\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShedding Light\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eon display in gallery 40, which reveals the entangled histories of colonialism, enslavement, sugar, and ceramics. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ashmolean.org\/shedding-light\" title=\"Shedding Light Ashmolean Museum Installation Information Page\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClick here to find out more\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eabout this installation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eBBC Radio 4\u003c\/em\u003e Book of the Week.\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e Book of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColin Grant \u003c\/strong\u003eis a historian, author, and Associate Fellow in the Centre for Caribbean Studies who has worked as a BBC radio producer and writes for many publications including the \u003cem\u003eGuardian \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookspeed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63819889541497,"sku":"ASI-6214","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/7566\/5197\/files\/Homecoming_Voices_of_the_Windrush_Generation_Book_Cover.jpg?v=1782211738","url":"https:\/\/shop.ashmolean.org\/products\/homecoming-voices-of-the-windrush-generation","provider":"Ashmolean Museum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}