Anne J Kershen: 2 books
Uniting the Tailors
Trade Unionism amoungst the Tailors of London and Leeds 1870-1939
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
This book is not only about the tailoring industry and its trade unions; it is about the experience of eastern European immigrants in a trade as old as the Bible and yet as new as the electric sewing machine; it is about the role of women in a new industry and about the impact of socio-economic change...
London the Promised Land Revisited
The Changing Face of the London Migrant Landscape in the Early 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Some two decades since the publication of London the Promised Land?, which charted and investigated the successes and failures of the migrant experience in London over a period of three hundred years, this book re-examines the migrant landscape in London. While remaining a beacon for immigrants, the...