World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples

General

Ansari, H., Muslims in Britain, London, MRG, 2002.

Cashmore, E.E., The Rastafarians, London, MRG, 1984.

Claiborne, L. et al., Race and Law in Britain and the United States, London, MRG, 1983.

Commission for Racial Equality, Roots of the Future: Ethnic Diversity in the Making of Britain, London, CRE, 1996.

D'Souza, F. and Crisp, J., The Refugee Dilemma, London, MRG report, 1985.

Darby, J., Northern Ireland: Managing Difference, London, MRG report, 1995.

Davies, N., The Isles: A History, London, Macmillan, 1999.

European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages, Mini-Guide to the Lesser Used Languages of the EC, Baile Atha Cliath, Irish Republic, 1993.

Fryer, P., Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain, London, Pluto Press, 1987.

Joly, D., Kelly, L. and Nettleton, C., Refugees in Europe: The Hostile New Agenda, London, MRG, 1997.

Jones, T., Britain's Ethnic Minorities, London, Policy Studies Institute, 1993.

Runnymede Trust, Multi-Ethnic Britain - Facts and Trends, London, 1994.

Sivanandan, A., A Different Hunger, London, Pluto Press, 1982.

Stephens, M., Linguistic Minorities in Western Europe, Llandysul, Gomer, 1976.

The Troubles: The Background to the Question of Northern Ireland, London, Thames/Futura, 1980.

Visram, R., Ayahs, Lascars and Princes: The Story of Indians in Britain, 1700-1947, London, Pluto Press, 1986.

Welsh, F., The Four Nations: A History of the United Kingdom, New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2003.

Scots

Rampant Scotland (online directory of sites for Gaelic and Scots languages and culture): http://www.rampantscotland.com/gaelic.htm

Scots Tung (online newsletter): http://uk.geocities.com/rfairnie@btinternet.com/page5.html

The Glasgow Herald: http://www.theherald.co.uk

The Scotsman newspaper: http://www.scotsman.com

Welsh

Cyfwe (Welsh Literature in translation): http://www.cyfwe.org

Cymru'r Byd (Welsh language radio and news): http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru

Geiriadur ar-lein (Welsh-English/English-Welsh On-line Dictionary): http://www.geiriadur.net

Linguru (downloadable Welsh dictionary): http://www.linguru.com

Morgan, K.O., ‘Consensus and conflict in modern Welsh history', in D.W. Howell and K.O. Morgan (eds), Crime, Protest and Police in Modern British Society: Essays in Memory of David J. V. Jones, Cardiff, 1999.

National Library of Wales: http://www.llgc.org.uk/gwyb/index_s.htm

Williams, G.A., ‘Locating a Welsh working class: the frontier years', in D. Smith (ed.), A People and a Proletariat: Essays in the History of Modern Wales, 1780-1980. London, 1980.

Northern Ireland

Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN) (University of Ulster portal on Northern Ireland conflict from 1968 to present): http://cain.ulst.ac.uk

Hewstone, M., Cairns, E., Voci, A., Hamberger, J. and Niens, U., ‘Intergroup contact, forgiveness, and experience of ‘The Troubles' in Northern Ireland', Journal of Social Issues vol. 62, no. 1, 2006, pp. 99-120.

Irish Angle (Church of Ireland news and documentation): http://www.irishangle.net

McGlynn, C., Niens, U., Cairns, E., Hewstone, M., ‘Moving out of conflict: the contribution of integrated schools in Northern Ireland to identity', Journal of Peace Education, 2004.

Murphy, C. and Adair, L. (eds), A Place for Peace: Glencree Centre for Reconciliation, 1974-2004, Liffey Press, 2004.

Presbyterian Herald (newspaper): http://www.presbyterianireland.org/herald

Manx

Chiverrell, R. and Thomas, G., A New History of the Isle of Man, vol. 1: The Evolution of the Natural Landscape, Liverpool University Press, 2006

GAELG (Includes online lessons in Manx): http://www.gaelg.iofm.net

Isle of Man Today (news and community portal, contains some Manx): http://www.iomonline.co.uk

The Manx Notebook, G H Johnson (1885-1887), 2001, URL (accessed April 2007): http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxnb/

South Asians

Ballard, R. (ed.), Desh Pardesh: The South Asian Presence in Britain, London, C. Hurst, 1994.

Kondapi, C., Indians Overseas 1838-1949, Bombay, Oxford University Press, 1951.

Kundu, A., ‘The Ayodhya aftermath: Hindu versus Muslim violence in Britain', Immigrants & Minorities, vol. 13, 1994, pp. 26-47.

East African Asians

Robinson, V., ‘The migration of East African Asians to the UK', in R. Cohen (ed.), The Cambridge Survey of World Migration, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Afro-Caribbeans

Black Net Community: http://www.blacknet.co.uk

Blackbright News: http://www.blackbrightnews.com

ITZ Caribbean (London Caribbean community portal): http://www.itzcaribbean.com

New Nation, Ethnic Media Group Ltd: http://www.newnation.co.uk

Chinese

British Born Chinese (discussion board): http://www.britishbornchinesedb.org.uk

Dimsum (community portal): http://www.dimsum.co.uk

Francis, B. and Archer, L., ‘British-Chinese pupils' and parents' constructions of the value of education', British Educational Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, 2005, pp. 89-108.

Parker, D., Through Different Eyes: The Cultural Identities of Young Chinese People in Britain, Aldershot, Avebury, 1995.

Roma/Gypsies

The Winchester Confessions 1615-16 (Depositions of travellers, Gypsies, fraudsters, and makers of counterfeit documents, including a vocabulary of the Romany language, Transcribed and Annotated by Alan McGowan, Romany and Traveller Family History Society).

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