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From farms to foundries : an Arab community in industrial Britain / Kevin Searle.

Van Pelt Library DA690.S54 S43 2009
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Searle, Kevin, 1980-
Series:
Cultural identity studies ; v. 17.
Cultural identity studies ; v. 17
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Yemenis--England--Sheffield--Social conditions--20th century.
Yemenis.
Iron and steel workers--England--Sheffield--Social conditions--20th century.
Iron and steel workers.
Social conditions.
England--Sheffield.
Sheffield (England)--Race relations--History--20th century.
Sheffield (England).
Physical Description:
xv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, 2010.
Contents:
"We slept next to the cows": migration from Yemen
Living "like sardines": settlement in Sheffield, 1955-1962
"They keep us bottom ladder": work, racism and resistance
"From house to work, from work to house": time-off in Sheffield
"Work going down": redundancy, severance and the search for work
"They take flesh from different countries": conclusion.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-228) and index.
ISBN:
9783039119349
3039119346
OCLC:
436387182
Publisher Number:
99939198714

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