TY - BOOK AU - Frost,Diane TI - Work and community among West African migrant workers since the nineteenth century SN - 0853235236 U1 - 331.62 23 PY - 1999/// CY - Liverpool PB - Liverpool University Press KW - Kru (African people) KW - England KW - Liverpool KW - Social conditions KW - Sierra Leone KW - Freetown KW - Liberia KW - History KW - Foreign workers, African KW - Great Britain KW - Freetown (Sierra Leone) KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Liverpool (England) N1 - In the beginning : Kru country; Colonialism, migration and a diaspora in the making -- Sailors and workers : Early work and recruitment; Nature of work; Labour conditions; 'Alien' seamen in Liverpool; Work palaver -- The Kru community in Freetown : Settlement; Indirect rule; Community and social organisation -- The Kru community in Liverpool : The Kru and the black community; Social profile and organisation; Identity ER -