本书是一部关于当代英国移民文学的历史。全书自1948年写起，分为四章，除第一章的时间段为21年之外，其余三章均以十年为一分期，各章按文类分别介绍所属分期的小说、诗歌和戏剧。

General Editor's Preface
Abbreviations
A Note on References
Introduction


1． The End of Imperial England and the Seeds of the New： 1948-1969
I． New Immigrants
II． Prose： Culture Conflict and Lonely Londoners
III． Poetry： Swansongs， Birds of Passage
IV． Drama： West Indian Social Realists


2． Transformations：1970-1979
I． Ethnicity and the Myth of Revolution
II． Prose： Some Firsts
III． Poetry： Black Modernists
IV． Drama： West Indian Playwrights and Black Lives


3 Fragmentation and Internationalization： 1980-1989
I． Demanding Rights
II． Prose： From Exotic to British， Almost
III． Poetry： Performance and Dialect
IV． Drama： Black， Black Feminist， and Asian Brecht


4 England's New English Literature： 1990-2000
I． Celebrating Multiracial England
II． Prose： Remapping England
III． Poetry： Returning to the Page and the Self
IV． Drama： Histories


Conclusion
Author Bibliographies
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index