Imperial Heartland - Immigration, Working-Class Culture and Everyday Tolerance, 1917-1947

"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"--

List of contents

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.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: David Holland, David (University of Sheffield) Holland
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9781009216197
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0921619-7
• No. of pages: 350
• Series: Modern British Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Yorkshire, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Colonialism & imperialism, Migration, immigration & emigration, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social discrimination & inequality, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Migration, immigration and emigration, Working patterns & practices, Colonialism and imperialism, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Working patterns and practices, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Sheffield and Rotherham, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism