A South-Asian history of Britain : four centuries of peoples from the Indian sub-continent / Michael...
A South-Asian history of Britain : four centuries of peoples from the Indian sub-continent / Michael...
A South-Asian history of Britain : four centuries of peoples from the Indian sub-continent / Michael Fisher, Shompa Lahiri, and Shinder Thandi.
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Westport, Conn. : Greenwood World Pub., 2007.
Date
2007.
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N941.00491/8
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English
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xxii, 250 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Earliest South-Asian visitors and settlers during the pre-colonial period, c.1600-1750s / Michael H. Fisher -- Ch. 2. South-Asian arrivals during early colonialism, 1750s-1790s / Michael H. Fisher -- Ch. 3. Widening and deepening of the South-Asian presence in Britain, 1790s-1830s / Michael H...
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Westport, Conn. : Greenwood World Pub., 2007.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
2007.
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"By the end of the nineteenth century, 'Brown Victorians' could be found throughout British society, in the docks and factories, universities and theatres, law courts and hospitals. Through two world wars and the independence of India (and Pakistan and then Bangladesh), their importance grew further. From the 1950s, increased immigration produced n...
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A South-Asian history of Britain : four centuries of peoples from the Indian sub-continent / Michael Fisher, Shompa Lahiri, and Shinder Thandi.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-225) and index.
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N941.00491/8
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9781846450082
184645008X (alk. paper)
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941.004914
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991023078059702626
