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The Battle of Britishness - Migrant Journeys, 1685 to the Present (Paperback)
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The Battle of Britishness - Migrant Journeys, 1685 to the Present (Paperback)
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This pioneering study of migrant journeys to Britain begins with
Huguenot refugees in the 1680s and continues to asylum seekers and
East European workers today. Analysing 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. It
is an essential tool for those wanting to understand why people
come to Britain (or are denied entry) and how migrants have been
viewed by state and society alike. The journeys covered vary from
the famous (including the Empire Windrush in 1948) to the obscure,
such as the Volga German transmigrants passing through Britain in
the 1870s. While employing a broadly historical approach, Kushner
incorporates insights from many other disciplines and employs a
comparative methodology to highlight the importance of the symbolic
as well as the physical nature of such journeys. -- .
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