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Refugees in twentieth-century Britain : a history / Becky Taylor

Description: 316pISBN: 1316946290Other title: Refugees in 20th century BritainSubject(s): Refugees -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryLOC classification: HV640.4. | G7T395
Contents:
Protectionism vs internationalism: refugees from Nazism -- Post-war settlement: the Hungarians -- Rivers of blood: the Ugandan Asians -- marketisation and multiculturalism: refugees from Vietnam -- A new world order: conclusion.
Summary: "This tightly focused history explores the interplay between the arrival of four cohorts of refugees and some of the central themes of British twentieth-century history. It demonstrates how refugees' experiences, rather than being marginal, were emblematic of some of the principal developments in British society. Based on rich archival sources, this book explores how refugees from Nazism; Hungarians in 1956; Ugandan Asians expelled by Idi Amin; and Vietnamese 'boat people were received and settled in Britain. In doing so it reveals changing ideas of Britishness and the place of 'outsiders' in modern Britain. It also explores:"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Protectionism vs internationalism: refugees from Nazism -- Post-war settlement: the Hungarians -- Rivers of blood: the Ugandan Asians -- marketisation and multiculturalism: refugees from Vietnam -- A new world order: conclusion.

"This tightly focused history explores the interplay between the arrival of four cohorts of refugees and some of the central themes of British twentieth-century history. It demonstrates how refugees' experiences, rather than being marginal, were emblematic of some of the principal developments in British society. Based on rich archival sources, this book explores how refugees from Nazism; Hungarians in 1956; Ugandan Asians expelled by Idi Amin; and Vietnamese 'boat people were received and settled in Britain. In doing so it reveals changing ideas of Britishness and the place of 'outsiders' in modern Britain. It also explores:"--