Global migrants, local culture Natives and newcomers in provincial England, 1841-1939 /

Employing the first analysis of the entire population of any British town, this book examines how overseas migrants affected society and culture in South Shields near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Resituating Britain within global processes of migration and cultural change, it recasts British society pre-194...

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Main Authors: Tabili, Laura.
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230307711
Summary: Employing the first analysis of the entire population of any British town, this book examines how overseas migrants affected society and culture in South Shields near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Resituating Britain within global processes of migration and cultural change, it recasts British society pre-1940 as culturally and racially dynamic and diverse.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230291331, 2011.
Carrier Form: 344 p. : 11 maps, 47 36.
ISBN: 9780230291331
9780230307711 :
023030771X :
CLC: D771.238
Contents: Contents List of Maps List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: Migration & Cultural Change 'Aal Tegither, Like the Folks O'Sheels': Colonizers, Invaders, Settlers and Sojourners in the Making of an Industrial Town A Stable and Homogeneous Population? Overseas Migrants in South Shields, 1841-1901 Migrants' Networks & Local People Moving, Staying, Coming, Going: Migrants & Remigrants in Provincial Britain Gentlemen of the Highest Character: Negotiating Inclusion with the People of South Shields His Wife Must Surely Know: Women & Migrants' Integration Men of the World: Casualties of Empirebuilding I Give my Missus the Twenty-eight Shillings: Everyday Forms of Accommodation Conclusion: Global Migrants in Provincial England Appendix: Was the Referee Process Corrupt? Notes Index.