From Ta'izz To Tyneside

An Arab Community In The North-East Of England During The Early Twentieth Century
Erscheinungsjahr 1995
ISBN: 978-0-85989-460-9
Verlag: University of Exeter Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 466 g

This book is the first in-depth study of early Arab immigrants to Britain, and provides a unique insight into their everyday lives. During the First World War, several thousand 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.

The book focuses on Tyneside because this is the only area for which there are extensive local archival sources

Events on Tyneside are set in their national and international contexts. Throughout the interwar period, declining employment opportunities in shipping brought intense competition for jobs, and the Arab seamen found themselves unwanted guests; discrimination, abuse, regulation and control intensified.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lawless, Richard I.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Physische Anthropologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The earliest Arab immigrants - the pioneers

2. Aden and the Yemmen - emigration and society

3. The "Big Men" of the community - the Arab boarding-house masters

4. Unwelcome guests - competition for jobs;

5. South Shields the storm centre - the rota system and the "Arab Riot" of August 1930

6. After the storm

7. Mixed marriages and moral outrage;

8. Religious revival and political rivalries;

9. The post-war years - integration and assimilation.

Appendix: the rota system

Über Autor(innen)

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.