Book Cover; Half-Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 People, place and a phenomenon; 2 Home; 3 Spitalfields; 4 Religion; 5 Charity and welfare; 6 Mother tongue as a bridge to assimilation?; 7 Huguenots, Jews and Bangladeshis and the spirit of capitalism; 8 Xenophobia, anti-alienism and racism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Focusing on the area of Spitalfields in East London, this book examines successive waves of immigrants in Britain