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
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Ḥaidar, Dādā Amīr, > 1900-1989.
Ḥaidar, Dādā Amīr, > 1900-1989
1900-1999
South Asian Americans > History > 20th century.
South Asian Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Muslims > United States > History > 20th century.
Working class > United States > History > 20th century.
Américains d'origine sud-asiatique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Américains d'origine sud-asiatique > Acculturation.
Musulmans > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Travailleurs > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Emigration and immigration
Muslims
Race relations
South Asian Americans
Working class
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
South Asia > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Asie méridionale > Émigration et immigration > Histoire > 20e siècle.
New York (State) > New York > Harlem
South Asia
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : lost in migration
  • Out of the East and into the South
  • Between "Hindoo" and "Negro"
  • From ships' holds to factory floors
  • The travels and transformations of Amir Haider Khan
  • Bengali Harlem
  • The life and times of a multiracial community
  • Conclusion : lost futures.

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