A. James Hammerton

Migrants of the British diaspora since the 1960s

Stories from modern nomads

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book to explore the multiple country movement of migrants of the 'British diaspora' since the 1960s. It is an engaging oral history of migrant experiences and attitudes, based largely on intimate life histories which connect migration to life experiences like love and marriage, radical 'lifestyle' change and global identities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 587g
• ISBN-13: 9781526116574
• ISBN-10: 152611657X
• Artikelnr.: 47879849

Autorenporträt

A. James Hammerton is Emeritus Scholar in History at La Trobe University, Melbourne

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The modern drive to emigrate PART I: MIGRATION FROM AUSTERITY
TO PROSPERITY 1. Post-war 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 mobility 6. 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