UID:
edocfu_9959229007002883
Format:
1 online resource (239 p.)
ISBN:
1-135-77001-8
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1-135-77002-6
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1-280-28199-5
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9786610281992
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0-203-64243-0
Series Statement:
British Politics and Society
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-51542-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7146-5525-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203642436
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