ABSTRACT
The year 2016 saw a considerable emphasis on the history of black and Asian settlers in Britain and on the processes of immigration in British history. In the academic literature and its more popular spin-offs, an emphasis has been placed upon the continuing 'uncovering' of immigration narratives and the apparent absence of these stories from the broad brushstrokes of this island's story. The conferences and publications that followed on from certain collaboration clearly developed the approaches originating in Sheffield. In particular, there were two volumes of essays which challenged conventional wisdoms. The first, Traditions of Intolerance, appeared in 1989. In this, the emphasis was on the increasing recognition of the importance of an historical dimension in the study of contemporary political racism and fascism. Perhaps the most significant intervention was edited volume, Hosts, Immigrants and Minorities, published as British Fascism.
