Ayahs, lascars, and princes : Indians in Britain, 1700-1947 / Rozina Visram.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Visram, Rozina, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East Indians--Great Britain--History.

East Indians.

Immigrants.

History.

Emigration and immigration.

Civilization.

Great Britain--Civilization--Indic influences.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History.

India--Emigration and immigration--History.

India.

Immigrants--Great Britain--History.

East Indians--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Local Subjects:

East Indians--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

x, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Dover, N.H. : Pluto Press, 1986.

Contents:

India and Britain

Chattels of the Empire : servants and Ayahs

Sailors who filled the gap : the Lascars

Towards an Asian community in Britain : individuals and interests

Early challengers to the Empire

Soldiers of the Empire in two world wars

Radical voices

Princes, students and travellers

Into the twentieth century : Indian influences in Britain

Appendices: I. Tryal sloop : articles with Lascar crew 23 October 1746

II. Society for the protection of Asiatic sailors, The Times, Friday 9 December, 1814. No. 9387

III. Statistics showing Lascar employment 1891-1914

IV. D. Naoroji: address to his fellow electors in Central Finsbury, July 1895

V. Address by Shapurji Saklatvala, parliamentary election, 1923, North Battersea Division.

Notes:

Bibliography: pages [222]-[284]

Includes index.

Other Format:

Online version: Visram, Rozina, 1939- Ayahs, lascars, and princes.

ISBN:

0745300723

9780745300726

074530074X

9780745300740

OCLC:

16806202