Migrant City: A New History of London

Cover page
Halftitle page
Title page
Copyright
Dedication
CONTENTS
Plates and TABLES
ABBREVIATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PROLOGUE
1 THE UNIQUENESS OF LONDON
	THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GLOBAL CITY
	MIGRATION SINCE THE ROMANS
	THE CONSTANT MAGNET
	DIVERSITY, SUPERDIVERSITY AND COSMOPOLITANISM
2 GHETTO AND SUBURB
	THE HOMELESS MIGRANT
	THE GHETTO
	THE SUBURB
	LONDON’S DIVERSITY
3 CHEAP LABOUR
	THE ROLE OF MIGRANT LABOURERS IN THE LONDON ECONOMY
	THE MARGINALIZED
	BUILDERS
	INDUSTRIAL FODDER
	SPECIALISTS
	MIGRANTS IN THE LONDON WORKFORCE
4 A CITY OF HAWKERS, SHOPKEEPERS AND BUSINESSMEN
	ETHNIC ENTREPRENEURS
	THE IRISH
	THE JEWS
	GERMAN FOOD SUPPLIERS
	ITALIANS
	CYPRIOTS BEYOND CLOTHING
	ASIAN BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN
	BLACK BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN
	MIGRANT ENTREPRENEURS AS LONDONERS
5 THE INTERNATIONAL BOURGEOISIE
	THE ANATOMY OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOURGEOISIE
	EARLY MODERN INDUSTRIALISTS AND FINANCIERS
	THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY COSMOPOLITAN CITY OF ELITES
	MIGRANT ELITES SINCE 1914
	LONDON AS THE CENTRE OF THE GLOBAL ELITE
6 RACISTS, FRIENDS AND LOVERS
	RACISTS
	FRIENDS AND LOVERS
	FROM RACISTS TO FRIENDS AND LOVERS?
7 RACISTS, REVOLUTIONARIES AND REPRESENTATIVES
	RACISTS
	REVOLUTIONARIES
	REPRESENTATIVES
	RACISTS, REVOLUTIONARIES AND VOTERS
8 CHRISTIANS, HINDUS, JEWS, MUSLIMS AND SIKHS
	THE ORIGINS OF RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN LONDON
	OUTSIDERS
	RELIGIOUS STRUCTURES
	INDIVIDUAL BELIEF AND IDENTITY
	MIGRANT RELIGIOUS SPACE AND THE EVOLUTION OF LONDON
9 THE RESTAURANT
	EUROPEAN MIGRANTS AND THE EVOLUTION OF EATING OUT IN LONDON
	FOREIGN FOOD FOR LONDONERS
	RESTAURANTS FOR MIGRANTS
	MIGRANTS AND LONDON RESTAURANTS
10 FIGHTERS AND FOOTBALLERS
	FIGHTERS
	FOOTBALLERS
	RACISM
	THE BEAUTIFUL GAME IN THE GLOBAL CAPITAL
11 HANDEL TO TEMPAH
	MIGRANTS AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN CLASSICAL TRADITION
	VICTORIAN STREET PERFORMERS
	BLACK MUSIC IN LONDON
	OTHER ETHNICITIES AND IDENTITIES
	LONDON AS THE GLOBAL MUSIC CAPITAL
12 MIGRANTS AND THE GLOBAL CITY
	DEMOGRAPHY
	EMPLOYABILITY
	SOCIAL MOBILITY
	DIVERSITY
	GLOBALITY
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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