Tony Kushner

The battle of Britishness

Migrant journeys, 1685 to the present

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 563g
• ISBN-13: 9780719066412
• ISBN-10: 0719066417
• Artikelnr.: 40922334

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Introduction and contexts Introduction 1. Britishness, entry and
exclusion 2. Constructing migrant journeys Section 2: Early journeys, 1685
to 1880 3. Huguenot journeys: Constructing the refugees 4. Volga Germans in
the late nineteenth century: from refugees to foreign paupers Section 3:
The Nazi era 5. Constructing (another) ideal refugee journey: the Kinder 6.
The St Louis and after: Refugee journeys without end? Section 4: 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 Section 5: Conclusions 9. Britishness and the nature of
migrant journeys Bibliography Index