Global Migrants, Local Culture: Natives and Newcomers in Provincial England, 1841-1939

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Maps......Page 7
List of Tables......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction: Migration and Cultural Change......Page 12
1 Aal Tegither, Like the Folks O’Sheels: Colonizers, Invaders, Settlers and Sojourners in the Making of an Industrial Town......Page 24
2 A Stable and Homogeneous Population? Overseas Migrants in South Shields, 1841–1901......Page 46
3 Migrants’ Networks and Local People......Page 74
4 Moving, Staying, Coming, Going: Migrants and Remigrants in Provincial Britain......Page 115
5 Gentlemen of the Highest Character: Negotiating Inclusion with the People of South Shields......Page 135
6 His Wife Must Surely Know: Women and Migrants’ Integration......Page 163
7 Men of the World: Casualties of Empire Building......Page 184
8 I Give My Missus the 28 Shillings: Everyday Forms of Accommodation......Page 211
Conclusion: Global Migrants in Provincial England......Page 247
Appendix: Was the Referee Process Corrupt?......Page 253
Notes......Page 254
Index......Page 332