Overview
An in-depth study of early Arab immigrants to Britain, providing an insight into their everyday lives. During World War I, several Arab seafarers arrived in a number of British ports; most came from the Yemen and neighbouring parts of Britain's Aden Protectorate. They represent the first significant Muslim communities to settle in Britain. This book examines the economic, social, religious and political life of the Arab seamen in South Shields and Tyneside. Tyneside is the only area for which there are extensive local archive sources to complement material available from national archives. The study also draws on oral histories collected amongst the seamen and their families and on research carried out by the author in the Yemen. Events in Tyneside are set in their national and international contexts. Throughout the interwar period, when declining employment oportunities in shipping brought intense competition for jobs, and the Arab seamen found themselves unwanted guests, discrimination, abuse, regulation and control intensified.
Full Product Details
Author: Richard I. Lawless
Publisher: University of Exeter
Imprint: University of Exeter
Dimensions:
Width: 14.70cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.620kg
ISBN: 9780859894609
ISBN 10: 0859894606
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 May 1995
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
... This is a book which encompasses several interests - migration, the sociology of the merchant navy, Muslim settlement in Britain, politics and society of Yemen, local English History. On each of these counts, Richard Lawless has written a valuable and enthralling study. (Journal of Semitic Studies, Vol. 42, No. 2, 1997) The book serves as more than simply the history of a small community in the north-east of England. In methodological terms, and in the ways in which it seeks to do justice to the subjects of its study, it is a model which historians and sociologists working in the general area of 'race' and ethnicity should study carefully. Its sensitivity and its depth of research, including some wonderful photographs, deserve a considerable audience. (Immigrants and Minorities)
The book) serves as more than simply the history of a small community in the north-east of England. In methodological terms, and in the ways in which it seeks to do justice to the subjects of its study, it is a model which historians and sociologists working in the general area of ''race'' and ethnicity should study carefully. Its sensitivity and its depth of research, including some wonderful photographs, deserve a considerable audience. -Immigrants and Minorities
Author Information
Richard Lawless is a former Director of the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Durham and currently Emeritus Reader in Middle Eastern Studies.
