David Holland

Imperial Heartland

Immigration, Working-Class Culture and Everyday Tolerance, 1917-1947

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Produktbeschreibung

"Working-class Britons played a crucial role in the pioneering settlement and integration of South Asians in imperial Britain. Using a host of new and neglected sources, Imperial Heartland revises the history of early South Asian immigration to Britain, presenting a fresh and inspiring picture of settlement and inter-racial tolerance"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 662g
• ISBN-13: 9781009216197
• ISBN-10: 1009216198
• Artikelnr.: 66909656

Autorenporträt

Born into a working-class family in the mid-1960s, David Holland is the child of a white English mother and an Asian Muslim father but was raised primarily by his maternal grandparents. After finishing formal education without much in the way of qualifications, David studied for a diploma at a local college and, at the age of 46, attended the University of Sheffield to read History. He won a Wolfson Foundation scholarship for his doctorate, receiving his PhD in 2019 from the University of Sheffield. He is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield, and a member of the Royal Historical Society. His publications include articles in Past and Present and Twentieth Century British History.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Sheffield: The Steel City
2. The migration networks of South Asian immigrants in the Sheffield area
3. Working lives
4. Marriage, belonging and tolerance in 'the era of moral condemnation'
5. Empire, racism and everyday tolerance
Conclusion.