Hackett, S (2014) 'From rags to restaurants: self-determination, entrepreneurship and integration amongst Muslim immigrants in Newcastle upon Tyne in comparative perspective, 1960s–1990s.' Twentieth Century British History, 25 (1). pp. 132-154.
Abstract
This article will provide a long-term assessment of Britain’s relatively liberal (albeit constrained after 1962) immigration policy through an investigation of ethnic minority self-employment in Newcastle upon Tyne. It will offer an examination of immigrant experiences at grassroots level with regards to the employment sector and a reassessment of ethnic minority integration situated within a Western context. It will trace the development of entrepreneurship amongst Newcastle’s Muslim immigrant community from its arrival in Britain through to its emergence as a fixed attribute on the city’s landscape. A comparison with the German city of Bremen helps expose the long-term legacies of immigration histories and policies, and the role that Islam plays in determining levels of ethnic entrepreneurship. By drawing upon government documents and correspondence, Census material and a wide array of secondary literature, this article asserts that the literature focusing on immigrant aspirations and self-determination in the British labour market during the post-Second World War period needs revising.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | School of Writing, Publishing and the Humanities |
| UoA: | History |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Nov 2017 17:36 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Aug 2021 09:48 |
| ISSN: | 0955-2359 |
| URI / Page ID: | https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/10245 |
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