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ISBN10: 184645008X, ISBN13: 9781846450082, [publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - People from India have been coming to Britain - risking their lives in voyages across the 'Kala Pani' (Black waters) - since the beginning of the seventeenth century. Their story has both grand historical sweep and the intimate drama of individual lives. They came as sailors, servants, wives, merchants, ambassadors and scholars, sometimes for betterment or profit, sometimes for adventure, and sometimes for justice. Occasionally, they became famous, like the Bengali Muslim calling himself 'John Morgan', a renowned animal trainer, or Sake Dean Mahomed (1759-1851), 'shampooing surgeon' to the Royal Family. Often they remained anonymous. After the 'Indian Mutiny' of 1857, the South Asian presence in Britain, more visible than before, was also more sharply defined. 'Brown Victorians', now to be found in the docks and factories, universities and theatres, law courts and hospitals - and eventually Parliament - played an increasingly important role in British life. Through two world wars and the independence of India (and Pakistan), their importance grew further. From the 1950s, increased immigration swelled the numbers of South Asians in Britain, who experienced both racism and economic hardship as they strove to express their entrepreneurial spirit and assert their religious ...
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ISBN10: 184645008X, ISBN13: 9781846450082, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. People from India have been coming to Britain - risking their lives in voyages across the 'Kala Pani' (Black waters) - since the beginning of the seventeenth century. Their story has both grand historical sweep and the intimate drama of individual lives. They came as sailors, servants, wives, merchants, ambassadors and scholars, sometimes for betterment or profit, sometimes for adventure, and sometimes for justice. Occasionally, they became famous, like the Bengali Muslim calling himself 'John Morgan', a renowned animal trainer, or Sake Dean Mahomed (1759-1851), 'shampooing surgeon' to the Royal Family. Often they remained anonymous. After the 'Indian Mutiny' of 1857, the South Asian presence in Britain, more visible than before, was also more sharply defined. 'Brown Victorians', now to be found in the docks and factories, universities and theatres, law courts and hospitals - and eventually Parliament - played an increasingly important role in British life. Through two world wars and the independence of India (and Pakistan), their importance grew further. From the 1950s, increased immigration swelled the numbers of South Asians in Britain, who experienced both racism and economic hardship as they strove to express their entrepreneurial spirit and assert their religious identity. More recently still, growing ...

ISBN10: 184645008X, ISBN13: 9781846450082, [publisher: Greenwood] Hardcover
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Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The A South-Asian History of Britain: Four Centuries of Peoples from the Indian Sub-Continent. ISBN 184645008x 9781846450082 [GB]

ISBN10: 184645008X, ISBN13: 9781846450082, [publisher: Greenwood] Hardcover
[Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2007]
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Oxford, UK Greenwood 2007 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 250 p. Intended for a juvenile audience.

ISBN10: 184645008X, ISBN13: 9781846450082, [publisher: Greenwood] Hardcover Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within
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ISBN10: 184645008X, ISBN13: 9781846450082, [publisher: ABC-Clio, Incorporated] Hardcover pp. xxii + 250, Maps 1st Published
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

Greenwood, Date: 2007-06-30. Hardcover. Good. 2007. Greenwood ISBN 184645008X 9781846450082 [US]

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ISBN10: 184645008X, ISBN13: 9781846450082, [publisher: Greenwood World Publishing] Hardcover In excellent condition.
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ISBN10: 184645008X, ISBN13: 9781846450082, [publisher: Greenwood] Hardcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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