Migration and Ethnicity in Coalfield History - Global Perspectives

Klappentext This volume considers the dynamics of labour relations, migration and ethnicity in coalfield history from a global perspective. Zusammenfassung This volume considers the intricate dynamics of ethnic identifications! interracial relations! labour relations and class formation in coal mining communities. It takes a global perspective! covering cases from Africa! Asia! the Americas! the Soviet Union and Western Europe! and a broad range of topics! from ethnic paternalism to sports. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: migration and ethnicity in coalfield history: global perspectives Ad Knotter and David Mayer; 1. Migration and ethnicity in coalfield history: global perspectives Ad Knotter; 2. A Zambian town in colonial Zimbabwe: the 1964 'Wangi Kolia' strike Ian Phimister and Alfred Tembo; 3. Locals and migrants in the coal mining town of Enugu (Nigeria): worker protest and urban identity 1914?29 Carolyn Brown; 4. Labour control and mobility in Japanese-controlled Fushun coal mine (China), 1907?32 Limin Teh; 5. The uneven recruitment of Korean miners in Japan in the 1910s and 1920s: employment strategies of the Miike and Chikuh? coal mining companies Tom Arents and Norihiko Tsuneishi; 6. The dynamics of race and ethnicity in the US coal industry Joe Trotter; 7. European workers in Brazilian coal mining, Rio Grande do Sul, 1850?50 Clarice Speranza; 8. Specialists, spies, 'special settlers', and prisoners of war: social frictions in the Kuzbas (USSR), 1920?50 Julia Landau; 9. Migration, ethnicity, and divisions of labour in the Zonguldak coalfield, Turkey Erol Kahveci; 10. Dissimilarity breeds contempt: ethnic paternalism, foreigners, and the state in Pas-de-Calais coal mining, France, 1920s Philip Slaby; 11. Football, migration, and coal mining in Northern France, 1920s?80s Marion Fontaine; 12. Integration through sports? Polish migrants in the Ruhr Area, Germany Diethelm Blecking.

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• Authors: Ad Knotter, Ad (Universiteit Maastricht Knotter, Ad Mayer Knotter
• Assisted by: Ad Knotter (Editor), Ad (Universiteit Maastricht Knotter (Editor), David Mayer (Editor), David (Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis Mayer (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.03.2016
• EAN: 9781316601303
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60130-3
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: International Review of Social History Supplements; International Review of Social; International Review of Social; International Review of Social History Supplements
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries