Bengali Harlem and the lost histories of South Asian America
Ethnology, united states
Muslims, united states
Musulmans
Einwanderung
Acculturation
Working class, united states
Asian Americans
Cultural assimilation
Travailleurs
United states, history, 20th century
United states, emigration and immigration
Relations interethniques
Muslims
Relations raciales
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
Minorities
Working class
United states, race relations
Ethnic relations
Emigration and immigration
Race relations
Manners and customs
Social life and customs
History
Nineteenth-century Muslim peddlers arrived at Ellis Island, bags heavy with silks from their villages in Bengal. Demand for “Oriental goods” took these migrants on a curious path, from New Jersey’s boardwalks to the segregated South. Bald’s history reveals cross-racial affinities below the surface o…
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