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Migrants of the British diaspora since the 1960s : stories from modern nomads /
This is the first social history to explore experiences of British emigrants from the peak years of the 1960s to the emigration resurgence of the turn of the twentieth century. It explores migrant experiences in Australia, Canada and New Zealand alongside other countries. The book charts the gradual...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Migrants of the British diaspora since the 1960s; Contents; List of figures ; List of tables; Acknowledgements ; List of abbreviations ; Introduction: the modern drive to emigrate; Part I Migration from austerity to prosperity; 1 Postwar pioneers of modern mobility: the 1940s to the 1960s; 2 The decline of British privilege: migrants of the 1970s; 3 Thatcher's refugees and Thatcher's beneficiaries: discretionary migration in the 1980s; 4 Migration, cosmopolitanism and 'global citizenship' from the 1990s; Part II Life stories of modern migration.
- 5 Migration and career stories: work in an age of mobility6 Family, love, marriage and migration: the push and pull of private life; 7 The quest for new lifestyles: migration, treechange and grey nomads; 8 Changing faces of modern migration; Appendix: Tables 1-8; Bibliography; Index.