Bengali Harlem and the lost histories of South Asian America
by Vivek Bald
- ISBN
- 9780674067578
Bengali Harlem and the lost histories of South Asian America is a race relations, cultural assimilation book by Vivek Bald.
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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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Bengali Harlem and the lost histories of South Asian America is a Race relations, Cultural assimilation, South Asian Americans, Muslims, Emigration and immigration book.
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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 o...
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Bengali Harlem and the lost histories of South Asian America was written by Vivek Bald.