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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Tony Kushner , Rebecca MortimerPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.635kg ISBN: 9780719066405ISBN 10: 0719066409 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 01 December 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsSection 1: Introduction and contexts Introduction 1. Britishness, entry and exclusion 2. Constructing migrant journeys Section 2: Early journeys, 1685 to 1880 3. Huguenot journeys: Constructing the refugees 4. Volga Germans in the late nineteenth century: from refugees to foreign paupers Section 3: The Nazi era 5. Constructing (another) ideal refugee journey: the Kinder 6. The St Louis and after: Refugee journeys without end? Section 4: Colonial and postcolonial journeys 7. The Empire Windrush: The making of an iconic British journey 8. Stowaways and others: racism and alternative journeys into Britishness Section 5: Conclusions 9. Britishness and the nature of migrant journeys Bibliography Index -- .Reviewsalive with the spirit of adventure that informs migration In The Battle of Britishness he [Kushner] shows his mastery of the field through interweaving constant connections between past and present journeys. [...] Building on Kushner's earlier analyses of the public histories and collective memory of immigration to Britain, the book is a tour de force in its balance of breadth and nuance. 'Kushner underscores that remembering is above all a political process of selection and exclusion, and that national memories as well as migrant recasting of narratives are part and parcel of this process. Beyond the author's obvious craftsmanship and empathy for his subjects, what emerges from this is the complexity of the struggle for meaning.' -- . alive with the spirit of adventure that informs migration -- Robert Winder. Jewish Quarterly In The Battle of Britishness he [Kushner] shows his mastery of the field through interweaving constant connections between past and present journeys. [...] Building on Kushner's earlier analyses of the public histories and collective memory of immigration to Britain, the book is a tour de force in its balance of breadth and nuance. -- Laurence Brown. Reviews in History alive with the spirit of adventure that informs migration -- Robert Winder. Jewish Quarterly Author InformationTony Kushner is Professor of History and Director of the Parkes Institute, University of Southampton -- . Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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