Colonized Migrants in Imperial Britain

Laura Tabili is Professor Emerita of Modern European History at the University of Arizona, USA. She is the author of Global Migrants, Local Culture: Natives and Newcomers in Provincial England, 1841-1939 (2011); and ‘We Ask for British Justice’: Workers and Racial Difference in Late Imperial Britain (1994).

• List of Figures List of Maps List of Tables Introduction 1. Origins and Numbers2. Jumping Ship? Hidden Migration?3. To Assist Their Own Who Are in Need: Migrant Networks in Imperial Britain, 1928-19344. Sober and Industrious Citizens or Temporary Residents in the Seaports?5. Settlers and Transients in Seaport Communities6. Makeshift Survival7. Little in Rest from Police Disturbance 8. Beyond ResistanceConclusion, No Island of StrangersAppendix 1.1 Four Additional Significant SettlementsArchival Sources and RepositoriesEndnotesBibliography

In this meticulous work of research and recovery, Laura Tabili provides a rich and sympathetic account of the colonial seamen who established stable and enduring communities in interwar Britain. As precursors to today’s migrants, their story of struggle, resilience, and resistance couldn’t be more timely.