ISBN:
0714656577
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (ix, 244 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
British Politics and Society
Parallel Title:
Print version German Migrants In Post War Britain : An Enemy Embraces British Politics And Society
DDC:
305.83104109045
Keywords:
Germans History 20th century
;
Germany (West) Foreign relations
;
Great Britain Emigration and immigration 20th century
;
History
;
Germany Emigration and immigration 20th century
;
History
;
Great Britain Foreign relations
Abstract:
Based on rich British and German governmental and non-governmental archive sources, contemporary newspaper articles and nearly eighty biographically-oriented interviews with German migrants, this outstanding volume, a must-read for students and scholars in the fields of social history, sociology and migration studies, expertly encompasses political as well as social-historical questions and engages with the social, economic and cultural situation of German immigrants to Britain from a life-historical perspective
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Britian and west Germany in the post-war period; 2 Immigration policy-immigrant policy; 3 Life and work in post-war Britain; 4 Welfare and support; 5 Fifty years on; 6 Five life stories; Summary; Notes; List of archives; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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