The Battle of Britishness (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
332
Utgivningsdatum
2014-05-31
Förlag
Manchester University Press
Illustrationer
black & white illustrations
Dimensioner
234 x 156 x 19 mm
Vikt
508 g
Antal komponenter
1
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459:B&W 6.14 x 9.21 in or 234 x 156 mm (Royal 8vo) Perfect Bound on Creme w/Matte Lam
ISBN
9780719066412

The Battle of Britishness

Migrant Journeys, 1685 to the Present

av Tony Kushner
Häftad,  Engelska, 2014-05-31
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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 artistic representations, then and now, Kushners volume sheds new light on the nature and construction of Britishness from the early modern era onwards. It is an essential tool for those wanting to understand 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, Kushner 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. -- .
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Kushner underscores that remembering is above all a political process of selection and exclusion, and that national memories as well as migrant recasting of narratives are part and parcel of this process. Beyond the author's obvious craftsmanship and empathy for his subjects, what emerges from this is the complexity of the struggle for meaning. -- .

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Tony Kushner is Professor of History and Director of the Parkes Institute, University of Southampton -- .

Innehållsförteckning

Part I: Introduction 1. Britishness, entry and exclusion 2. Constructing migrant journeys Part II: Early journeys, 16851880 3. Huguenot journeys: constructing the refugees 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 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 Bibliography Index -- .

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