Strangers, aliens and Asians : Huguenots, Jews and Bangladeshis in Spitalfields 1660-2000 / Anne J. Kershen.
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TextSeries: British politics and societyPublication details: London : Routledge, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 247 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 0203642430
- 9780203642436
- 9786610281992
- 6610281998
- 9781135770020
- 1135770026
- 9781135769970
- 1135769974
- 9781135770013
- 1135770018
- 9780415515429
- 0415515424
- 1280281995
- 9781280281990
- Bangladeshis -- England -- London -- History
- Huguenots -- England -- London -- History
- Jews -- England -- London -- History
- Spitalfields (London, England) -- History
- Spitalfields (London, England) -- Religion
- Spitalfields (London, England) -- Race relations
- Spitalfields (London, England) -- Ethnic relations
- Spitalfields (London, England) -- Emigration and immigration
- Bangladeshis -- Angleterre -- Londres -- Histoire
- Huguenots -- Angleterre -- Londres -- Histoire
- Juifs -- Angleterre -- Londres -- Histoire
- HISTORY
- Bangladeshis
- Emigration and immigration
- Ethnic relations
- Huguenots
- Jews
- Race relations
- Religion
- England -- London
- England -- London -- Spitalfields
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- DA685.S75 K47 2005eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-241) and index.
Print version record.
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.
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