Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies, African-American Studies, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century
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Author: Vivek Bald ISBN: 9780674070400
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: January 7, 2013
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Vivek Bald
ISBN: 9780674070400
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: January 7, 2013
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

Nineteenth-century Muslim peddlers arrived at Ellis Island, bags heavy with embroidered silks from their villages in Bengal. Demand for “Oriental goods” took these migrants on a curious path, from New Jersey’s boardwalks into the segregated South. Bald’s history reveals cross-racial affinities below the surface of early twentieth-century America.

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Nineteenth-century Muslim peddlers arrived at Ellis Island, bags heavy with embroidered silks from their villages in Bengal. Demand for “Oriental goods” took these migrants on a curious path, from New Jersey’s boardwalks into the segregated South. Bald’s history reveals cross-racial affinities below the surface of early twentieth-century America.

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