Imperial Heartland: Immigration, Working-Class Culture and Everyday Tolerance, 1917–1947

2025/05/27 by Rebecca Goldsmith · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Australian History and Society #Race, History, and American Society #Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

paper · doi:10.1080/14780038.2025.2516939

openalex publication_date 2025/05/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15

Abstract

David Holland’s Imperial Heartland is a study of ‘native’ and ‘newcomer’ relationships in early to mid-twentieth century Sheffield. Holland traces the migration of Pashtuns, mostly from the Chhachh...

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