1st Edition
A Land of Dreams A Study of Jewish and Caribbean Migrant Communities in England
A Land of Dreams, first published in 1993, explores two events in recent English history: the settlement of East European Jews in the East End of London, and the growth of an African-Caribbean community in Birmingham. It is an ethnographic study of two first-generation migrant communities, built upon the experiences of the migrants themselves. It focuses on the stories of their migration and their early days in England, and in particular, upon the stories of their working lives and their everyday struggles in their new land. Placing two studies side by side exposes the quite different social and economic conditions which confronted the two groups of migrants upon arrival in England.
Part 1. Jewish Settlement in the East End of London, 1880–1914 1. Let My People Go 2. Arrival and Departure 3. The East End Labour Market 4. Earning a Living 5. The Daily Rhyme 6. The Making of the Jewish East End Part 2. Caribbean Settlement in Birmingham, 1939–1965 7. Paradise Lost 8. A Call to Arms 9. City of Iron 10. In the Foundries and the Factories 11. Settling Down 12. Shaping the Future Part 3. Immigration and the Politics of Race 13. The First Act 14. The Road to Smethwick
Biography
Simon Taylor
