Rag Fair : A Different Migration History of London's East End, 1780-1850.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Münch, Ole.

Series:

Studies in British and Imperial History Series

Studies in British and Imperial History Series ; v.10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flea markets--England--London--History.

Flea markets.

Jews--England--London--Social conditions.

Jews.

Multiculturalism--England--London--History.

Multiculturalism.

London (England)--Ethnic relations--History.

London (England).

East End (London, England)--Commerce--History.

East End (London, England).

East End (London, England)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2024.

Summary:

In the early Victorian age, the streets of East London were home to migrants from different regions and religions. In the midst of this area lay the famous Rag Fair street market, sustained by trade routes stretching across the globe. The market’s history demonstrates that it was not only a place of economic exchange, but also an intercultural contact zone where Jewish and Irish migrants mingled, entered client relationships and forged political alliances. Reconstructing the varied (partly multiethnic) group-building processes operating in the market, Rag Fair draws on approaches across migration history, economic history, economic anthropology and the sociology of political movements to uncover the social mechanisms at work in the old clothing trade.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction. London Without an Ethnic Lens

Part I. Day-to-Day Life in an Intercultural Contact Zone: On Dealing with Uncertainty at the Rag Fair

Chapter 1. Collecting Rags and Being Jewish: On the Interplay between Urban Folklore, Group Formation and Social Inequality

Chapter 2. Transnational Lifestyles among Old Clothes: The Social Make-Up of the Long-Distance Trade Corridors to the Rag Fair

Chapter 3. On the Advantages of Not Having to Belong: Or, the Significance of Jewish Emancipation for the Rag Fair’s Shopkeepers

Chapter 4. A ‘Wild’ Contact Zone: On the Integrative Dynamic of High-Risk Business

Part II. Integration through Conflict

Chapter 5. The Cutler Street Conflict: Group Formation in the Dispute over the Old Clothes Market

Chapter 6. The Agreeable Feeling of Shared Outrage: An Integrative Movement for Electoral Rights

Chapter 7. A Multireligious Neighbourhood Movement: Or, the Story of a Productive Defeat

Conclusion. On the History and Social Dynamics of an Intercultural Contact Zone

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781805396901

1805396900

9781805396918

1805396919