"Lesser Breeds"

A study of raccial attitudes in popular British culture between 1890 and 1940.

An examination of racial attitudes in popular British culture, 1890–1940.

'Lesser Breeds' focuses on racism as manifested in the popular culture of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain, exemplified by attitudes to the Chinese, Arabs, Blacks and Jews. This compelling book investigates the manifold expressions of prejudice in the popular arts of the period.