Asians in Britain - 400 Years of History (Paperback, 2nd edition)

In this new, groundbreaking book, Rozina Visram offers an extensively researched, comprehensive study of Asians from the Indian subcontinent in Britain. Spanning four centuries, it tells the history of the Indian community in Britain from the servants, ayahs and sailors of the seventeenth century, to the students, princes, soldiers, professionals and entrepreneurs of the 19th and 20th centuries. Drawing on primary resources and recently declassified government documents, Visram examines the nature and pattern of Asian migration; official attitudes to Asian settlement; the reactions and perceptions of the British people; the responses of the Asians themselves and their social, cultural and political lives in Britain. This imaginative and detailed investigation asks what it would have been like for Asians to live in Britain, in the heart of an imperial metropolis, and documents the anti-colonial struggle by Asians and their allies in the UK. It is an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the origins of the many different communities that make up contemporary Britain.

General

Imprint:	Pluto Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2002
First published:	April 2002
Authors:	Rozina Visram
Dimensions:	215 x 135 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	504
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7453-1373-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General
LSN:	0-7453-1373-6
Barcode:	9780745313733

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