Overview

These transfers of sovereignty resulted in extensive, unforeseen movements of citizens and subjects to their former countries. The phenomenon of postcolonial migration affected not only European nations, but also the United States, Japan and post-Soviet Russia. The political and societal reactions to the unexpected and often unwelcome migrants was significant to postcolonial migrants’ identity politics and how these influenced metropolitan debates about citizenship, national identity and colonial history. The contributors explore the historical background and contemporary significance of these migrations and discuss the ethnic and class composition and the patterns of integration of the migrant population.

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Author:   Ulbe Bosma ,  Jan Lucassen ,  Gert Oostindie
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
Volume:   18
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.531kg
ISBN:  

9780857453273

ISBN 10:   0857453270
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   01 May 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Introduction: Postcolonial migrations and identity politics: Towards a comparative perspective Ulbe Bosma, Jan Lucassen and Gert Oostindie Chapter 1. Postcolonial Immigrants in France and their Descendants: the Meanings of France’s ""Postcolonial Moment"" James Cohen Chapter 2. Postcolonial Migrants in Britain: From Unwelcome Guests to Partial and Segmented Assimilation Shinder Thandi Chapter 3. Postcolonial Migrants in the Netherlands: Identity Politics versus the Fragmentation of Community Gert Oostindie Chapter 4. Postcolonial Portugal: between Scylla and Charybdis Margarida Marques Chapter 5. Return of the Natives?  Children of Empire in Postimperial Japan Nicole Leah Cohen Chapter 6. Postcolonial Immigration and Identity Formation In Europe Since 1945: The Russian Variant Allison Blakely Chapter 7. The Puerto Rican Diaspora to the United States: A Postcolonial Migration Jorge Duany Bibliography Notes on the Contributors Index

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This is a stimulating book - The academic quality is very high, and the conceptual and methodological concerns are central to current debates concerning the second half of the twentieth century. The inclusion of a large geographic variety of cases is important and thought provoking. * Nancy L. Green, L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris

Together, the contributions to this collection offer an insightful and helpful overview of postcolonial migration within different national frameworks...Too often, migrants have been deemed a problem...[This volume] in comparison complicates contemporary discussions around migration and integration and points to several potential avenues for further research and contribution. It is therefore a timely addition to the rich literature on what happens when the empire, so to speak, comes home. * Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History This is a stimulating book...The academic quality is very high, and the conceptual and methodological concerns are central to current debates concerning the second half of the twentieth century. The inclusion of a large geographic variety of cases is important and thought provoking. * Nancy L. Green, L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris

Author Information

Ulbe Bosma is Senior Researcher at the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam.

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