Clyde opinion on an old controversy
Indian and Chinese seafarers in Glasgow
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2145716 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E W Mcfarland, Elaine Mcfarland (City of Glasgow College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 493-515 |
| Publication date | 1991-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.1991.9993724 |
| OpenAlex | W1977618125 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 14 |
Indian and Chinese seafarers hold an important place in the history of the migration of people of Asian origin to Scotland. As transient labour with a disadvantaged politico-legal status, these seafarers constituted a highly exploitable workforce and their appearance in Glasgow from the late 1850s bears testimony to the city's close links to the colonial system. Responses to the group shifted in the early-twentieth century as missionizing impulses were supplanted by fears of economic competition. These fears were chiefly voiced in the racialized economistic policies of the white seamen's unions. As regards their broader legacy, the seafarers not only form a link into postwar migration and permanent settlement from the Indian subcontinent and South-east Asia, but their experiences in Glasgow are also indicative of the negative ideological complex that confronted postwar migrants
Colonialism · Competition (biology · Disadvantaged · Economic history · Ethnology · Ideology · Indian subcontinent · Political science · Politics · Settlement (finance · Sociology · White (mutation · Gender Studies · History · Law · Scottish History and National Identity
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Doctrines of racial segregation in Britain
A History of the English People in 1815
The Muscles of Empire—Indian Seamen and the Raj 1919-1939
Recovering the history of Asian migration to Scotland
The Hypothesis of the Mobility Transition
Black British, White British
Guestworkers of the sea
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2026 (30) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |