Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America /

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In the final years of the nineteenth century, small groups of Muslim peddlers arrived at Ellis Island every summer, bags heavy with embroidered silks from their home villages in Bengal. The American demand for "Oriental goods" took these migrants on a curious path, from New Jersey's b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bald, Vivek (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Muslims > United States > History > 20th century.
South Asian Americans > Cultural assimilation.
South Asian Americans > History > 20th century.
Working class > United States > History > 20th century.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Author's Note
  • Introduction
  • 1. Out of the East and into the South
  • 2. Between Hindoo and Negro
  • 3. From Ships' Holds to Factory Floors
  • 4. The Travels and Transformations of Amir Haider Khan
  • 5. Bengali Harlem
  • 6. The Life and Times of a Multiracial Community
  • Conclusion: Lost Futures
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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