Bengali Harlem and the lost histories of South Asian America

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Bengali Harlem and the lost histories of South Asian America

Title:

Bengali Harlem and the lost histories of South Asian America

Author:

Bald, Vivek.

Personal Author:

Bald, Vivek.

Publication Information:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.

Physical Description:

x, 294 p., [11] p. of plates : ill., maps.

Contents:

Introduction : lost in migration -- Out of the East and into the South -- Between "Hindoo" and "Negro" -- From ships' holds to factory floors -- The travels and transformations of Amir Haider Khan -- Bengali Harlem -- The life and times of a multiracial community -- Conclusion : lost futures.

Personal Subject:

Ḥaidar, Dādā Amīr.

Subject Term:

South Asian Americans -- History -- 20th century.

South Asian Americans -- Cultural assimilation.

Muslims -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Working class -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.

United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.

South Asia -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.