Rag fair a different migration history of London's East End, 1780-1850 / Ole Münch ; translated by Angela Davies and Jozef van der Voort.
| Author/creator | Münch, Ole |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Berghahn Books, 2025. |
| Description | viii, 323 pages illustrations, maps 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Cutler Street Market. English http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/fb552738-f401-5ba1-5cda-aa19eb3e7a87 |
| Physical medium | illustrations |
| Physical medium | maps |
| Series | Studies in British and Imperial history ; volume 10 |
| Contents | Introduction. London Without an Ethnic Lens -- Collecting Rags and Being Jewish: On the Interplay between Urban Folklore, Group Formation, and Social Inequality -- Transnational Lifestyles among Old Clothes: The Social Make-Up of the Long-Distance Trade Corridors to the Rag Fair -- On the Advantages of Not Having to Belong: Or, the Significance of Jewish Emancipation for the Rag Fair's Shopkeepers -- A 'Wild' Contact Zone: On the Integrative Dynamic of High-Risk Business -- The Cutler Street Conflict: Group Formation in the Dispute over the Old Clothes Market -- The Agreeable Feeling of Shared Outrage: An Integrative Movement for Electoral Rights -- A Multireligious Neighbourhood Movement: Or, the Story of a Productive Defeat -- Conclusion. On the History and Social Dynamics of an Intercultural Contact Zone. |
| Abstract | "This book is about the 'Rag Fair' street market, which was situated in the Jewish quarter of early Victorian London. By recounting the market's history (1780-1850), I demonstrate that it was not only a place of economic exchange but also an intercultural contact zone where Jewish and Irish migrants and natives met and mingled. The main aim of my study is to reconstruct the varied group building processes at work in the Rag Fair, some of which cut across ethnic divides. To understand the social mechanisms behind these processes, I draw on approaches from fields as diverse as migration history, economic history, 'history from below', economic anthropology, and the sociology of social movements"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-315) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024017668 |
| ISBN | 9781805396895 hardback |
| ISBN | epub |
| ISBN | web pdf |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |