Bengali Harlem and the lost histories of South Asian America
Bengali Harlem and the lost histories of South Asian America
About this book
Nineteenth-century Muslim peddlers arrived at Ellis Island, bags heavy with silks from their villages in Bengal. Demand for “Oriental goods” took these migrants on a curious path, from New Jersey’s boardwalks to the segregated South. Bald’s history reveals cross-racial affinities below the surface of early twentieth-century America.
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Subjects
Race relationsCultural assimilationSouth Asian AmericansMuslimsEmigration and immigrationWorking classHistoryAsian americansMuslims, united statesWorking class, united statesHarlem (new york, n.y.), historyUnited states, race relationsUnited states, emigration and immigrationAsia, emigration and immigrationEthnology, united statesSouth asia, historyUnited states, history, 20th centuryWorking class, history