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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kushner, Tony, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--History--Great Britain.

Immigrants.

Minorities--History--Great Britain.

Minorities.

Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 318 pages)

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Part I. Introduction and contexts. Introduction

1. Britishness, entry and exclusion

2. Constructing migrant journeys

Part II. Early journeys, 1685-1880. 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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78170-472-4