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"Working-class Britons played a crucial role in the pioneering settlement and integration of South Asians in imperial Britain. Using a host of new and neglected sources, Imperial Heartland revises the history of early South Asian immigration to Britain, presenting a fresh and inspiring picture of settlement and inter-racial tolerance"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; 1. Sheffield: The Steel City; 2. The migration networks of South Asian immigrants in the Sheffield area; 3. Working lives; 4. Marriage, belonging and tolerance in 'the era of moral condemnation'; 5. Empire, racism and everyday tolerance; Conclusion.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Born into a working-class family in the mid-1960s, David Holland is the child of a white English mother and an Asian Muslim father but was raised primarily by his maternal grandparents. After finishing formal education without much in the way of qualifications, David studied for a diploma at a local college and, at the age of 46, attended the University of Sheffield to read History. He won a Wolfson Foundation scholarship for his doctorate, receiving his PhD in 2019 from the University of Sheffield. He is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield, and a member of the Royal Historical Society. His publications include articles in Past and Present and Twentieth Century British History.
