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Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2014

Pat Thane
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Journal of British Studies , Volume 36 , Issue 2: Twentieth-Century British Studies , April 1997 , pp. 141 - 146
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1 I prefer not to adopt Waters's inclusive use of “Black,” which I fear subsumes and subordinates linguistically the variety of South Asian communities, other large groups such as the Turks, and many smaller ones such as the growing number of Iraqi refugees.

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