Strangers, aliens and Asians : Huguenots, Jews and Bangladeshis in Spitalfields 1660-2000 /
Kershen, Anne J.
Strangers, aliens and Asians : Huguenots, Jews and Bangladeshis in Spitalfields 1660-2000 / Anne J. Kershen. - London : Routledge, 2005. - 1 online resource (xi, 247 pages) : illustrations, maps - British politics and society . - British politics and society. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-241) and index.
1. People, place and a phenomenon -- 2. Home -- 3. Spitalfields : a place on the edge -- 4. Religion -- 5. Charity and welfare -- 6. Mother tongue as a bridge to assimilation? -- 7. Huguenots, Jews and Bangladeshis and the spirit of capitalism -- 8. Xenophobia, anti-alienism and racism.
Exploring the dynamics that drive the processes of immigrant settlement and assimilation, this fascinating book looks at whether these are solely the outcome of the temporal setting, cultural background, and the contemporaneous socio-economic and political conditions, or whether there are factors which, irrespective of the prevailing environment, are constant features in the symbiosis between the outsider and the insider.Focusing on the area of Spitalfields in East London, this volume compares and contrasts the settlement, integration and assimilation processes undergone by three dif.
English.
0203642430 (electronic bk.) 9780203642436 (electronic bk.) 9786610281992 6610281998 (Cloth) 9781135770020 (e-book: PDF) 1135770026 9781135769970 (e-book: Mobi) 1135769974 9781135770013 (e-book: ePub) 1135770018 9780415515429 (paperback) 0415515424 1280281995 9781280281990
2005000441
Bangladeshis--History.--England--London
Huguenots--History.--England--London
Jews--History.--England--London
Bangladeshis--Histoire.--Angleterre--Londres
Huguenots--Histoire.--Angleterre--Londres
Juifs--Histoire.--Angleterre--Londres
HISTORY.
Bangladeshis.
Emigration and immigration.
Ethnic relations.
Huguenots.
Jews.
Race relations.
Religion.
Spitalfields (London, England)--History.
Spitalfields (London, England)--Religion.
Spitalfields (London, England)--Race relations.
Spitalfields (London, England)--Ethnic relations.
Spitalfields (London, England)--Emigration and immigration.
England--London.
England--London--Spitalfields.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DA685.S75 / K47 2005eb
942.1/5
Strangers, aliens and Asians : Huguenots, Jews and Bangladeshis in Spitalfields 1660-2000 / Anne J. Kershen. - London : Routledge, 2005. - 1 online resource (xi, 247 pages) : illustrations, maps - British politics and society . - British politics and society. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-241) and index.
1. People, place and a phenomenon -- 2. Home -- 3. Spitalfields : a place on the edge -- 4. Religion -- 5. Charity and welfare -- 6. Mother tongue as a bridge to assimilation? -- 7. Huguenots, Jews and Bangladeshis and the spirit of capitalism -- 8. Xenophobia, anti-alienism and racism.
Exploring the dynamics that drive the processes of immigrant settlement and assimilation, this fascinating book looks at whether these are solely the outcome of the temporal setting, cultural background, and the contemporaneous socio-economic and political conditions, or whether there are factors which, irrespective of the prevailing environment, are constant features in the symbiosis between the outsider and the insider.Focusing on the area of Spitalfields in East London, this volume compares and contrasts the settlement, integration and assimilation processes undergone by three dif.
English.
0203642430 (electronic bk.) 9780203642436 (electronic bk.) 9786610281992 6610281998 (Cloth) 9781135770020 (e-book: PDF) 1135770026 9781135769970 (e-book: Mobi) 1135769974 9781135770013 (e-book: ePub) 1135770018 9780415515429 (paperback) 0415515424 1280281995 9781280281990
2005000441
Bangladeshis--History.--England--London
Huguenots--History.--England--London
Jews--History.--England--London
Bangladeshis--Histoire.--Angleterre--Londres
Huguenots--Histoire.--Angleterre--Londres
Juifs--Histoire.--Angleterre--Londres
HISTORY.
Bangladeshis.
Emigration and immigration.
Ethnic relations.
Huguenots.
Jews.
Race relations.
Religion.
Spitalfields (London, England)--History.
Spitalfields (London, England)--Religion.
Spitalfields (London, England)--Race relations.
Spitalfields (London, England)--Ethnic relations.
Spitalfields (London, England)--Emigration and immigration.
England--London.
England--London--Spitalfields.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DA685.S75 / K47 2005eb
942.1/5