Bengali Harlem and the lost histories of South Asian America / Vivek Bald.
Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.Description: x, 294 p., [11] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.p. cmISBN:- 9780674066663
- 0674066669
- 9780674067578 (ebook)
- 0674067576 (ebook)
- South Asian Americans -- History -- 20th century
- South Asian Americans -- Cultural assimilation
- Muslims -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Working class -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Ḥaidar, Dādā Amīr, 1900-1989
- 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
- 305.891/4073 23
- E184.S69 B35 2013
Includes bibliographical references ( p. 233-275) and index.
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.
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