London : the prommised land? : the migrant experience in a capital city

Author(s)

• Kershen, Anne J.

Bibliographic Information

London : the prommised land? : the migrant experience in a capital city

edited by Anne J. Kershen

Avebury, c1997

Note

Published on behalf of the Centre for the Study of Migration

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This series of essays follows the lives of migrants in London. Exploring the fortunes of a variety of groups over a period of 300 years, the text highlights patterns of migration, the choices that face immigrants, and explores the future for those who still see London as the Promised Land.

Table of Contents

• Cosmopolitan London, Colin Holmes
• allies in the Promised Land - reflections of the Irish and the Jews in the East End, William J. Fishman
• leaving the East End - regional mobilty among East European Jews in London 1880-1914, Andrew Godley
• Hugenots Jews and Bangladeshis in Spitalfields and the spirit of capitalism, Anne J. Kershen
• keeping global options open - Bangladeshis in a global city, John Eade
• the Caribbean diaspora in the Promised Land, Philp Nanton
• Living in Bethnal Green - together or apart?, Mike Fenton
• the "return" of the Jews into London, Stanley Waterman.

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• NCID: BA31669782
• ISBN:
  • 1859726305
• LCCN: 96080382
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Aldershot
• Pages/Volumes: x, 167 p.
• Size: 23 cm