The battle of Britishness : migrant journeys, 1685 to the present /

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This pioneering study of migrant journeys to Britain begins with Huguenot refugees in the 1680s and continues to asylum seekers and East European workers today. Analysing the history and memory of migrant journeys, covering not only the response of politicians and the public but also literary and ar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kushner, Tony (Antony Robin Jeremy) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Immigrants > Great Britain > History.
Minorities > Great Britain > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Emigration and immigration
Immigrants
Minorities
Great Britain > Emigration and immigration > History.
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Introduction and contexts. Introduction
  • 1. Britishness, entry and exclusion
  • 2. Constructing migrant journeys
  • Part II. Early journeys, 1685-1880. 3. Huguenot journeys: constructing the réfugiés
  • 4. Volga Germans in the late nineteenth century: from refugees to foreign paupers
  • Part III. The Nazi era. 5. Constructing (another) ideal refugee journey: the Kinder
  • 6. The St Louis and after: refugee journeys without end?
  • Part IV. Colonial and postcolonial journeys. 7. The Empire Windrush: the making of an iconic British journey
  • 8. Stowaways and others: racism and alternative journeys into Britishness
  • Part V. Conclusions. 9. Britishness and the nature of migrant journeys.

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