| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 318 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-312) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
Analyzing the history and memory of migrant journeys, covering not only the response of politicians and the public but also literary and artistic representations, then and now, Kushner's volume sheds new light on the nature and construction of Britishness from the early modern era onwards. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
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Great Britain. |
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Emigration and immigration. |
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History. |
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Immigrants -- Great Britain -- History.
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Immigrants. |
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Minorities -- Great Britain -- History.
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Minorities. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780719066405 0719066409 |
| ISBN |
1781704724 (electronic book) |
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9781781704721 (electronic book) |
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1526130386 (electronic book) |
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9781526130389 (electronic book) |
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9780719066405 (hardback) |
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0719066409 (hardback) |
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