Details

Subject(s)

• Bangladeshis—England—London—History [Browse]
• Huguenots—England—London—History [Browse]
• Jews—England—London—History [Browse]
• Spitalfields (London, England)—History [Browse]
• Spitalfields (London, England)—Religion [Browse]
• Spitalfields (London, England)—Race relations [Browse]
• Spitalfields (London, England)—Ethnic relations [Browse]
• Spitalfields (London, England)—Emigration and immigration [Browse]

Series

British Politics and Society [More in this series]

Summary note

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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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-241) and index.

Source of description

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Language note

English

Contents

Book Cover; Half-Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 People, place and a phenomenon; 2 Home; 3 Spitalfields; 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; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

ISBN

• 1-135-77001-8
• 1-135-77002-6
• 1-280-28199-5
• 9786610281992
• 0-203-64243-0

OCLC

• 475912854
• 252754895
• 57452806

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203642436

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