Scotland's Lascar Heritage
Khan, Doctor Saif / Abdullah, Doctor Tareq / Jaffer, Aaron / Featherstone, David / Munro, Emily / Latif, Hasaam / Chakrabarty, Malini / Law, Derek / Malcolm, Emily / McDonald, Isobel In 1992 Glasgow Museums was given a cast iron plaque which had `LASCARS ONLY¿ written on it in English and Bengali. For the last two years the Bangladesh Association Glasgow, Our Shared Cultural Heritage, and Glasgow Life Museums have been leading a research project to find out more about lascars ¿ South Asian seamen¿and their connections to Scotland. This book brings together contributions from many different perspectives, investigating and...