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.

海员寄宿之家在1894 - 1939年之间在英国后期的黑人社区的形成中发挥了至关重要的作用。寄宿房超越了一个简单的住宿。它充当了社会和兼容网络，有组织的活动中心以及黑人海员的支持系统，黑人海员发现自己失业或努力确保正常工作。寄宿家庭饲养员对黑人殖民海员的福利很重要。他们担任雇用代理人的替代角色，在协助其租户绕过传统就业渠道的狂暴频道中，由海员工会经营和维持的种族歧视。通过使用寄宿房作为棱镜，这项工作将展示它们对港口城市的经济不仅在港口的经济中至关重要并发挥了不可或缺的作用，而且还提供了一种社会结构，可以帮助定居并将不同的和文化异质的群体转变为一个可识别的黑人社区。