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Refugees in Twentieth-Century Britain - A History (Hardcover)
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Refugees in Twentieth-Century Britain - A History (Hardcover)
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This timely history explores the entry, reception and resettlement
of refugees across twentieth-century Britain. Focusing on four
cohorts of refugees - Jewish and other refugees from Nazism;
Hungarians in 1956; Ugandan Asians expelled by Idi Amin; and
Vietnamese 'boat people' who arrived in the wake of the fall of
Saigon - Becky Taylor deftly integrates refugee history with key
themes in the history of modern Britain. She thus demonstrates how
refugees' experiences, rather than being marginal, were emblematic
of some of the principal developments in British society. Arguing
that Britain's reception of refugees was rarely motivated by
humanitarianism, this book reveals the role of Britain's
international preoccupations, anxieties and sense of identity; and
how refugees' reception was shaped by voluntary efforts and the
changing nature of the welfare state. Based on rich archival
sources, this study offers a compelling new perspective on changing
ideas of Britishness and the place of 'outsiders' in modern
Britain.
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