Colonial Immigrants in a British City: A Class Analysis

by John Rex, Sally Tomlinson, David Hearnden, Peter Ratcliffe

Overview

Colonial Immigrants in a British City (1979) analyses the relationship between West Indian and Asian immigrants and the class structure of a British city. Based on a four-year research project in the Handsworth area of Birmingham, the book is a study of race and community relations – political, social, economic and personal – in a major centre of immigrant settlement. It considers the relationship between housing class and class formations and consciousness in other sectors of allocation, such as employment and education. It includes a consideration of the changing political climate on race relations between 1950 and 1976.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032366852
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/15/2024
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Immigration and Migration
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Rex and Sally Tomlinson with the assistance of David Hearnden and Peter Ratcliffe

Table of Contents

1. Class Analysis and Colonial Immigrants 2. British Political Ideologies and the Race Question 3. Handsworth – the Population and Social Structure of a Multi-Racial Area 4. Black Immigrants at Work 5. Black Immigrants and the Housing System 6. Black Immigrants, Schools and the Class Structure 7. From Immigrants to Ethnic Minority 8. Race, Community and Conflict 9. Working Class, Underclass and Third World Revolution