Joanna Newman

Gebundenes Buch

Nearly the New World

The British West Indies and the Flight from Nazism, 1933-1945

Beschreibung

In the years leading up to the Second World War, increasingly desperate European Jews looked to far-flung destinations such as the West Indies in search of refuge. Nearly the New World tells the remarkable story of Jewish refugees who overcame persecution and sought safety in the West Indies from the 1930s through the end of World War II

Autor

Joanna Newman is Secretary General of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (www.acu.ac.uk) and a Senior Research Fellow in the history department at King's College London. She was Vice Principal (International) at King's College London and a Commonwealth Trust Commissioner and was awarded an MBE for services to British higher education in 2014. She is a regular speaker on issues relating to higher education and internationalization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9781789203332
• ISBN-10: 1789203333
• Artikelnr.: 55299612