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What Have the Germans Ever Done for Us?: A History of the German Population of Great Britain
Susan Duxbury-Neumann
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Paperback. Susan Duxbury-Neumann explores the fascinating story of Britain's German population before the First World War. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165. .
By the second half of the nineteenth century, Germans had formed the largest immigrant group in England and Wales after the Irish, peaking at over 60,000. The German immigrants pursued many trades in Britain. It has been recently discovered that German pork butchers, a result of chain migration of Swabian peasant farmers and pig-breeders, opened butcher's shops in most towns and cities in Great Britain, providing factory workers with cheap and tasty 'take-away' meals. The sugar industry was mostly in German hands until the mid-nineteenth century. Although the work was difficult and dangerous, sugar-baking was a major ... Read more
By the second half of the nineteenth century, Germans had formed the largest immigrant group in England and Wales after the Irish, peaking at over 60,000. The German immigrants pursued many trades in Britain. It has been recently discovered that German pork butchers, a result of chain migration of Swabian peasant farmers and pig-breeders, opened butcher's shops in most towns and cities in Great Britain, providing factory workers with cheap and tasty 'take-away' meals. The sugar industry was mostly in German hands until the mid-nineteenth century. Although the work was difficult and dangerous, sugar-baking was a major ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445664866
SKU
V9781445664866
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-42
About Susan Duxbury-Neumann
Susan Duxbury-Neumann was born in Baildon, a small moorland town on the outskirts of Bradford, West Yorkshire. Her father was a woolsorter and 'knew all there is to know about wool' as did the rest of her family, all of whom worked in the wool trade. Susan was educated at Salt's Grammar School in the model village of Saltaire, and ... Read more
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