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The Unsettling of Europe - The Great Migration, 1945 to the Present (Paperback)
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The Unsettling of Europe - The Great Migration, 1945 to the Present (Paperback)
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List price R350
Loot Price R280
Discovery Miles 2 800
You Save R70 (20%)
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WINNER OF THE LAURA SHANNON PRIZE 2021 AND ITALY'S CHERASCO HISTORY
PRIZE 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE 2020 A TIMES
LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 Migrants have stood at
the heart of modern Europe's experience, whether trying to escape
danger, to find a better life or as a result of deliberate policy,
whether moving from the countryside to the city, or between
countries, or from outside the continent altogether. Peter
Gatrell's powerful new book is the first to bring these stories
together into one place. He creates a compelling narrative
bracketed by two nightmarish periods: the great convulsions
following the fall of the Third Reich and the mass attempts in the
2010s by migrants to cross the Mediterranean into Europe. The
Unsettling of Europe is a new history of the continent, charting
the ever-changing arguments about the desirability or otherwise of
migrants and their central role in Europe's post-1945 prosperity.
Gatrell is as fascinating on the giant movements of millions (such
as the epic waves of German migration) to that of much smaller
groups, such as the Karelians, Armenians, Moluccans or Ugandan
Asians. Above all he has written a book that makes the reader
deeply aware of the many extraordinary journeys taken by countless
individuals in pursuit of work, safety and dignity, all the time.
This is a landmark book on a subject that, decade by decade, will
always haunt Europe. 'Peter Gatrell has produced a tour de force
... This important and timely work on one of the most challenging
issues in modern Europe deserves to be widely read' Ian Kershaw
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