This study explores the development of the immigrant Jewish community in Edwardian London's East End, and that of the West Indians during the 1950s in Birmingham. It uncovers several controversial topics, such as Tory and Labour involvement with various anti-immigrant movements...
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...