The battle of Britishness

Migrant journeys, 1685 to the present

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20022448
AutoresTony Kushner (0009-0003-4960-6273, autor de correspondencia)
Año2012
Páginas320
Fecha de publicación2012-12-01
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaThe Battle of Britishness: Migrant journeys, 1685 to the present (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialWinchester University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.7228/manchester/9780719066405.001.0001
OpenAlexW4251664520
Open LibraryOL26826774M
ISBN9780719066405
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15

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 artistic representations, then and now, this volume sheds new light on the nature and construction of Britishness from the early modern era onwards. It helps to explain why people come to Britain (or are denied entry) and how migrants have been viewed by state and society alike. The journeys covered vary from the famous (including the Empire Windrush in 1948) to the obscure, such as the Volga German transmigrants passing through Britain in the 1870s. While employing a broadly historical approach, the book incorporates insights from many other disciplines and employs a comparative methodology to highlight the importance of the symbolic as well as the physical nature of such journeys

Ancient history · Battle · Britishness · Political science · Australian History and Society · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · History · Law · Scottish History and National Identity · Emigration & Immigration · emigration and immigration · Europe · Great britain · Immigrants · Minorities · Social Science