Ayahs Lascars And Princes

Author : Rozina Visram
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317415336

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Ayahs, Lascars and Princes by Rozina Visram Pdf

People from the Indian sub-continent have been in Britain since the end of the seventeenth century. The presence of princes and maharajahs is well documented but this book, first published in 1986, was the first account of the ordinary people in Britain. This book will be of interest to students of history.

Author : Rozina Visram
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0745300723

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Ayahs, Lascars and Princes by Rozina Visram Pdf

Author : Rozina Visram
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317415343

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Ayahs, Lascars and Princes by Rozina Visram Pdf

People from the Indian sub-continent have been in Britain since the end of the seventeenth century. The presence of princes and maharajahs is well documented but this book, first published in 1986, was the first account of the ordinary people in Britain. This book will be of interest to students of history.

Author : Diane Robinson-Dunn
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0719073286

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The Harem, Slavery and British Imperial Culture by Diane Robinson-Dunn Pdf

This book focuses on British efforts to suppress the traffic in female slaves destined for Egyptian harems during the late-nineteenth century. It considers this campaign in relation to gender debates in England, and examines the ways in which the assumptions and dominant imperialist discourses of these abolitionists were challenged by the newly-established Muslim communities in England, as well as by English people who converted to or were sympathetic with Islam.

Author : Aaron Jaffer
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783270385

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Lascars and Indian Ocean Seafaring, 1780-1860 by Aaron Jaffer Pdf

Cases of mutiny and other forms of protest are used to reveal full and interesting details of lascar shipboard life.

Author : C. L. Innes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521719681

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A History of Black and Asian Writing in Britain by C. L. Innes Pdf

The first extended study of black and Asian writing in Britain, now updated and available in paperback.

Author : Bernhard Klein,Gesa Mackenthun
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135940461

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Sea Changes by Bernhard Klein,Gesa Mackenthun Pdf

The sea has been the site of radical changes in human lives and national histories. It has been an agent of colonial oppression but also of indigenous resistance, a site of loss, dispersal and enforced migration but also of new forms of solidarity and affective kinship. Sea Changes re-evaluates the view that history happens mainly on dry land and makes the case for a creative reinterpretation of the role of the sea: not merely as a passage from one country to the next, but a historical site deserving close study.

Author : Humayun Ansari
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190935023

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"The Infidel Within" by Humayun Ansari Pdf

Muslims constitute Britain's second largest religious grouping, and writing about their experiences has found a new audience in recent years-though not always through a positive lens. But a proper historical treatment of their arrival, settlement and establishment had been conspicuously absent until Humayun Ansari's seminal work, reissued here in an updated edition. "The Infidel Within" draws together rich archival research and first-hand experience into a broad, integrated history of the Muslim presence in Britain. Among the topics addressed are migration and settlement in Britain before 1945, the evolution of a British Muslim identity, Muslim women and families, Muslims and education, and the growing mobilization of Muslims in Britain's political, religious and economic life. This definitive and sympathetic history, brought right up to date, is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand modern Britain.

Author : Diane Frost
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135208110

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Ethnic Labour and British Imperial Trade by Diane Frost Pdf

This collection of essays identifies a neglected but significant component of Britain's maritime and labour history, that of ethnic labour drawn from Britain's colonies in West Africa, the Middle East and Asia. The interdisciplinary nature of the volume raises a number of important issues: race and ethnicity, colonialism and migration, social class and the complex nature of racial hostility meted out by organized white labour.

Author : Stephen J. Braidwood
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780853233770

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Black Poor and White Philanthropists by Stephen J. Braidwood Pdf

This book examines the events surrounding the establishment of a settlement in West Africa in 1787, which was later to become Freetown, the present-day capital of Sierra Leone. It outlines the range of ideas and attitudes to Africa which underlay the foundation of the settlement, and the part played by the black settlers themselves, London's Black Poor. Was the settlement based on a racist deportation designed to keep Britain white (as some accounts claim), or a voluntary emigration in which the blacks themselves played a part?

Author : Tanika Gupta
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-21
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781350428591

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The Empress by Tanika Gupta Pdf

Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, 1887. At East London's Tilbury Docks, Rani Das and Abdul Karim step ashore after the long voyage from India. One has to battle a society who deems her a second-class citizen; the other forges an astonishing entanglement with the ageing Queen Victoria who finds herself enchanted by stories of an India over which she rules, but has never seen. Through narrative, music and song, The Empress blends the true story of Queen Victoria's controversial relationship with her Indian servant and 'Munshi' (teacher), Abdul Karim, with the experiences of Indian ayahs who came to Britain during the 19th century. With private romance being mapped onto world history, the action cuts between the ship and different royal residences, offering bright contrasts as well as surprising affinities. In doing so, the play uncovers remarkable unknown stories of 19th-century Britain and charts the growth of Indian nationalism and the romantic proclivities of one of Britain's most surprising monarchs. This revised edition was published to coincide with the revival at the RSC in summer 2023.

Author : Barbara N. Ramusack
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139449083

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The Indian Princes and their States by Barbara N. Ramusack Pdf

Although the princes of India have been caricatured as oriental despots and British stooges, Barbara Ramusack's study argues that the British did not create the princes. On the contrary, many were consummate politicians who exercised considerable degrees of autonomy until the disintegration of the princely states after independence. Ramusack's synthesis has a broad temporal span, tracing the evolution of the Indian kings from their pre-colonial origins to their roles as clients in the British colonial system. The book breaks ground in its integration of political and economic developments in the major princely states with the shifting relationships between the princes and the British. It represents a major contribution, both to British imperial history in its analysis of the theory and practice of indirect rule, and to modern South Asian history, as a portrait of the princes as politicians and patrons of the arts.

Author : Neilesh Bose
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780253027917

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Beyond Bollywood and Broadway by Neilesh Bose Pdf

This collection of 11 plays, from North America, the U.K., and South Africa—many published here for the first time—delves into the vibrant, cosmopolitan theatre of the South Asian diaspora. These original and provocative works explore the experience of diaspora by drawing on cultural references as diverse as classical Indian texts, adaptations of Shakespeare and Homer, current events, and world music, film, and dance. Neilesh Bose provides historical background on South Asian migration and performance traditions in each region, along with critical introductions and biographical background on each playwright. Includes works by Anuvab Pal, Aasif Mandvi, Shishir Kurup, Rahul Varma, Rana Bose, Rukhsana Ahmad, Jatinder Verma, Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith, Ronnie Govender, Kessie Govender, and Kriben Pillay.

Author : Joya Chatterji,David Washbrook
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136018329

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Routledge Handbook of the South Asian Diaspora by Joya Chatterji,David Washbrook Pdf

South Asia’s diaspora is among the world’s largest and most widespread, and it is growing exponentially. It is estimated that over 25 million persons of Indian descent live abroad; and many more millions have roots in other countries of the subcontinent, in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. There are 3 million South Asians in the UK and approximately the same number resides in North America. South Asians are an extremely significant presence in Southeast Asia and Africa, and increasingly visible in the Middle East. This inter-disciplinary handbook on the South Asian diaspora brings together contributions by leading scholars and rising stars on different aspects of its history, anthropology and geography, as well as its contemporary political and socio-cultural implications. The Handbook is split into five main sections, with chapters looking at mobile South Asians in the early modern world before moving on to discuss diaspora in relation to empire, nation, nation state and the neighbourhood, and globalisation and culture. Contributors highlight how South Asian diaspora has influenced politics, business, labour, marriage, family and culture. This much needed and pioneering venture provides an invaluable reference work for students, scholars and policy makers interested in South Asian Studies.

Author : Arunima Datta
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192664297

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Waiting on Empire by Arunima Datta Pdf

The expansion of the British Empire facilitated movement across the globe for both the colonizers and the colonized. Waiting on Empire focuses on a largely forgotten group in this story of movement and migration: South Asian travelling ayahs (servants and nannies), who travelled between India and Britain and often found themselves destitute in Britain as they struggled to find their way home to South Asia. Delving into the stories of individual ayahs from a wide range of sources, Arunima Datta illuminates their brave struggle to assert their rights, showing how ayahs negotiated their precarious employment conditions, capitalized on social sympathy amongst some sections of the British population, and confronted or collaborated with various British institutions and individuals to demand justice and humane treatment. In doing so, Datta re-imagines the experience of waiting. Waiting is a recurrent human experience, yet it is often marginalized. It takes a particular form within complex bureaucratized societies in which the marginalized inevitably wait upon those with power over them. Those who wait are often discounted as passive, inactive victims. This book shows that, in spite of their precarious position, the travelling ayahs of the British empire were far from this stereotype.