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The Outsiders - Refugees in Europe since 1492 (Hardcover)
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The Outsiders - Refugees in Europe since 1492 (Hardcover)
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The history of Europe as a continent of refugees European history
has been permeated with refugees. The Outsiders chronicles every
major refugee movement since 1492, when the Catholic rulers of
Spain set in motion the first mass flight and expulsion in modern
European history. Philipp Ther provides needed perspective on
today's "refugee crisis," demonstrating how Europe has taken in far
greater numbers of refugees in earlier periods of its history, in
wartime as well as peacetime. His sweeping narrative crosses the
Mediterranean and the Atlantic, taking readers from the Middle East
to the shores of America. In this compelling book, Ther examines
the major causes of mass flight, from religious intolerance and
ethnic cleansing to political persecution and war. He describes the
perils and traumas of flight and explains why refugees and asylum
seekers have been welcomed in some periods-such as during the Cold
War-and why they are rejected in times such as our own. He also
examines the afterlives of the refugees in the receiving countries,
which almost always benefited from admitting them. Tracing the
lengthy routes of the refugees, he reconceptualizes Europe as a
unit of geography and historiography. Turning to the history of
refugees in the United States, Ther also discusses the anti-refugee
politics of the Trump administration, explaining why they are
un-American and bad for the country. By setting mass flight against
fifteen biographical case studies, and drawing on his subjects'
experiences, itineraries, and personal convictions, Ther puts a
human face on a global phenomenon that concerns all of us.
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