Literature, immigration and diaspora in fin-de-siècle England : a cultural history of the 1905 Aliens Act /

"The 1905 Aliens Act was the first modern law to restrict immigration to British shores. In this book, David Glover asks how it was possible for Britain, a nation that had prided itself on offering asylum to refugees, to pass such legislation. Tracing the ways that the legal notion of the '...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Glover, David, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Temas:
1900-1999
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
National characteristics, British.
Emigration and immigration in literature.
Emigration and immigration law > Great Britain.
Littérature et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Britanniques.
Émigration et immigration dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Emigration and immigration law.
Literature and society.
Englisch
Literatur
Einwanderer > Motiv
Fremdenfeindlichkeit > Motiv
Vreemdelingen.
Great Britain.
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Messianic neutrality: George Eliot and the politics of national identity
  • Palaces and sweatshops: East End fictions and East End politics
  • Counterpublics of anti-Semitism
  • Writing the 1905 Aliens Act
  • Restriction and its discontents
  • Afterword.

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