Open AccessImpressions and Glimpses of the Socio-Economic History of Migrant Settlement in Glasgow
Author(s) -
Mohan Luthra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
current research journal of social science and humanities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-8422
DOI - 10.12944/crjssh.3.1.04
Subject(s) - settlement (finance) , context (archaeology) , refugee , economic integration , geography , history , political science , economy , economic growth , archaeology , law , business , economics , finance , payment
Accounts of the history of migrant and refugee settlement in Glasgow from mid nineteenth century onwards have been lacking in two aspects. Firstly, their arrival and settlement as well as their economic participation profile has not been placed in the context of the socio-economic evolution of the city. Secondly, a broader overview of the history of the arrival of a range of diverse migrant and settlement groups, their integration against a changing economic backdrop as well as ecological factors they encountered, and the implications of these for community relations, has not been constructed.In addition, there appears to have been little attempt to focus on this period with a view to identify if there are any patterns of community economic identities which evolved based on enterprise development as well as the challenges the entrepreneurial or commercial sections of the community may have faced. In this first of the two-part series of working papers we explore mainly the experience and challenges of the invisible minority’s settlement patterns in these respects and attempt to develop an impressionistic socio-economic picture. We attempt to do the same for the post World War II Asian (mostly Panjabi’s of Indian and Pakistan origin) communities’ arrival and settlement in a subsequent working paper to be published soon.