ISBN:
0230218776
,
0230218784
,
9780230218772
,
9780230218789
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 259 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Refuge and the Fortress : Britain and the Flight from Tyranny
DDC:
305.9/069140941
Keywords:
Refugees Government policy 21st century
;
History
;
Refugees Government policy 20th century
;
History
;
Refugees Biography
;
Refugees History 21st century
;
Refugees History 20th century
;
Great Britain Emigration and immigration 20th century
;
History
;
Great Britain Emigration and immigration 21st century
;
History
Abstract:
In the 75th anniversary of CARA (Council for Assisting Refugee Academics), this book explores the experiences and achievements of refugee academics and their rescuers to recount Britain's past relationship with overseas victims of persecution, and as vital questions about our present-day attitudes towards immigration and asylum
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; A Note on the Text; Introduction; 1 Academic Refugees; 2 Then; 3 Until; 4 Now; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Appendices; Index
Note:
Includes index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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