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1. Strangers, Aliens and Asians

   Huguenots, Jews and Bangladeshis in Spitalfields 1666-2000

   By Anne Kershen

   Series: British Politics and Society

   Exploring the dynamics that drive the processes of immigrant settlement and assimilation, this fascinating book looks at whether these are solely the outcome of the temporal setting, cultural background, and the contemporaneous socio-economic and political conditions, or whether there are factors...

   Published June 21st 2012 by Routledge
2. Uniting the Tailors

   Trade Unionism amoungst the Tailors of London and Leeds 1870-1939

   By Anne J. Kershen

   This book is not only about the tailoring industry and its trade unions; it is about the experience of eastern European immigrants in a trade as old as the Bible and yet as new as the electric sewing machine; it is about the role of women in a new industry and about the impact of socio-economic...

   Published December 30th 1995 by Routledge