Bengali Harlem and the lost histories of South Asian America / Vivek Bald

Author: Bald, Vivek
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Physical Description: x, 294 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

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Contents

Introduction : lost in migration -- Out of the East and into the South -- Between "Hindoo" and "Negro" -- From ships' holds to factory floors -- The travels and transformations of Amir Haider Khan -- Bengali Harlem -- The life and times of a multiracial community -- Conclusion : lost futures.

Subject(s)

Ḥaidar, Dādā Amīr, 1900-1989
South Asian Americans—Cultural assimilation
Muslims—United States—History—20th century
Working class—United States—History—20th century
South Asian Americans—History—20th century
United States—Race relations—History—20th century
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)—Race relations—History—20th century
United States—Emigration and immigration—History—20th century
South Asia—Emigration and immigration—History—20th century

ISBN

9780674066663
0674066669

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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