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A unique comparative overview of the motives, means, and experiences of three main flows of empire migrants from the nineteenth century to the post-colonial period: UK migrants to white settler societies; non-white entrepreneurs and workers, relocating within Britain's empire; and empire immigrants coming into the UK, especially after 1945.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1: Introduction: The British Empire and Empire Migration, 1815 to the 1960s
- 2: Crossing the Atlantic: Migrants and Settlers in Canada
- 3: A Land of Perpetual Summer: Australian Experiences
- 4: Sheep and Sunshine: New Zealand
- 5: Africa South of the Sahara
- 6: Exile into Bondage? Non-White Migrants and Settlers
- 7: Immigration and the Heart of Empire
- 8: A Civilizing Influence? The Female Migrant
- 9: Children of the Poor: Child and Juvenile Migration
- 10: The Emigration Business
- 11: The Homecoming Migrant
- 12: Afterword: The Politics of Migration and the End of Empire
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Marjory Harper is Professor of History, University of Aberdeen, Stephen Constantine, Professor of Modern British History, Lancaster University
Zusammenfassung
A unique comparative overview of the motives, means, and experiences of three main flows of empire migrants from the nineteenth century to the post-colonial period: UK migrants to white settler societies; non-white entrepreneurs and workers, relocating within Britain's empire; and empire immigrants coming into the UK, especially after 1945.
