Studies in British and Imperial history ; volume 10
Summary note
"This book is about the 'Rag Fair' street market, which was situated in the Jewish quarter of early Victorian London. By recounting the market's history (1780-1850), I demonstrate that it was not only a place of economic exchange but also an intercultural contact zone where Jewish and Irish migrants and natives met and mingled. The main aim of my study is to reconstruct the varied group building processes at work in the Rag Fair, some of which cut across ethnic divides. To understand the social mechanisms behind these processes, I draw on approaches from fields as diverse as migration history, economic history, 'history from below', economic anthropology, and the sociology of social movements"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction. London Without an Ethnic Lens
Collecting Rags and Being Jewish: On the Interplay between Urban Folklore, Group Formation, and Social Inequality
Transnational Lifestyles among Old Clothes: The Social Make-Up of the Long-Distance Trade Corridors to the Rag Fair
On the Advantages of Not Having to Belong: Or, the Significance of Jewish Emancipation for the Rag Fair's Shopkeepers
A 'Wild' Contact Zone: On the Integrative Dynamic of High-Risk Business
The Cutler Street Conflict: Group Formation in the Dispute over the Old Clothes Market
The Agreeable Feeling of Shared Outrage: An Integrative Movement for Electoral Rights
A Multireligious Neighbourhood Movement: Or, the Story of a Productive Defeat
Conclusion. On the History and Social Dynamics of an Intercultural Contact Zone.
ISBN
9781805396895 (hardcover)
1805396897 (hardcover)
LCCN
2024017668
OCLC
1446551730
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