Accounting for the hostel for 'coloured colonial seamen' in London's East End, 1942–1949’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11720697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah A Milne (University College London, corresponding author), Sarah A Dowding (0000-0002-1512-8969, Survey of London, Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, London, UK) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 395-421 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-22 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | National Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1460-8944 • E-ISSN: 1469-9907 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14608944.2019.1600484 |
| OpenAlex | W2962756905 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In 1942, 17 Leman Street, Whitechapel, was acquired by the Colonial Office and converted into the only seamen's hostel for black men in London. For seven years, this small government-sponsored hostel provided thirteen beds for seamen from British colonies in the Caribbean and West Africa. Considering the hostel amid wider contestations of nationhood in London’s built environment, this paper argues that the experience of ‘colonial’ seamen and stowaways in the capital was characterised by spatial precariousness, a condition accentuated by the unwillingness of authorities to respond to the difficult realities of the colour bar and citizenship in post-war urban space
Ancient history · Capital (architecture · Citizenship · Colonialism · Economic history · Geography · Government (linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Gender Studies · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |