Colonial Immigrants in a British City - A Class Analysis

Colonial Immigrants in a British City (1979) analyses the relationship between West Indian and Asian immigrants and the class structure of a British city. Based on a four-year research project in the Handsworth area of Birmingham, the book is a study of race and community relations - political, social, economic and personal.

List of contents

1. Class Analysis and Colonial Immigrants 2. British Political Ideologies and the Race Question 3. Handsworth – the Population and Social Structure of a Multi-Racial Area 4. Black Immigrants at Work 5. Black Immigrants and the Housing System 6. Black Immigrants, Schools and the Class Structure 7. From Immigrants to Ethnic Minority 8. Race, Community and Conflict 9. Working Class, Underclass and Third World Revolution

About the author

John Rex and Sally Tomlinson with the assistance of David Hearnden and Peter Ratcliffe

Summary

Colonial Immigrants in a British City (1979) analyses the relationship between West Indian and Asian immigrants and the class structure of a British city. Based on a four-year research project in the Handsworth area of Birmingham, the book is a study of race and community relations – political, social, economic and personal.

Product details

• Authors: David Hearnden, Hearnden David, Peter Ratcliffe, Ratcliffe Peter, John Rex, Rex John, Sally Tomlinson, Tomlinson Sally
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2024
• EAN: 9781032366852
• ISBN: 978-1-03-236685-2
• No. of pages: 372
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Immigration and Migration
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Ethnic Studies, Popular Culture, European History, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, military history, Social & cultural history, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Colonialism & imperialism, Economic history, British & Irish history, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social and cultural history, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and cultural anthropology, Colonialism and imperialism, African History, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards