The role of the seamen's boarding house in early black community formation in British port cities, 1894-1939

海员宿舍在英国港口城市早期黑人社区形成中的作用，1894 年至 1939 年

• 批准号: 2475490
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Birkbeck, University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2475490
• 关键词: role; seamen; boarding; house; early

The seamen's boarding house played a vital role in the formation of early black communities in late-Imperial Britain between 1894-1939. The boarding house went beyond a simple lodging. It acted as a social and compatriot network, a hub for organised activity and a support system for black seamen who found themselves unemployed or struggling to secure regular work. The boarding house keepers were important to the welfare of black colonial seamen. They had an alternative role acting as employment agents fundamental in assisting their tenants circumvent conventional employment channels rife with racial discrimination operated and maintained by the seamen's unions. By using the boarding house as a prism, this work will show how they were crucial to, and played an integral role in, not only the economy of port cities but provided a social structure that aided settlement and helped transform a disparate and culturally heterogenous group into a recognisable black community.

1894 年至 1939 年间，海员宿舍在英国帝国晚期早期黑人社区的形成过程中发挥了至关重要的作用。寄宿处不仅仅是简单的住宿。它充当了一个社会和同胞网络、一个有组织活动的中心以及一个为失业或难以获得正常工作的黑人海员提供支持的系统。寄宿房管理员对于黑人殖民地海员的福利非常重要。他们还有一个替代角色，即充当就业代理人，帮助其租户规避由海员工会运作和维护的充满种族歧视的传统就业渠道。通过将寄宿处作为棱镜，这项工作将展示它们不仅对港口城市的经济至关重要并发挥着不可或缺的作用，而且还提供了一种社会结构，有助于定居并帮助将一个不同的、文化异质的群体转变为一个可识别的黑人社区。