Migrants of the British Diaspora Since the 1960s - Stories From Modern Nomads

This is the first book to explore the multiple country movement of migrants of the 'British diaspora' since the 1960s. It is an engaging oral history of migrant experiences and attitudes, based largely on intimate life histories which connect migration to life experiences like love and marriage, radical 'lifestyle' change and global identities.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The modern drive to emigrate
PART I: MIGRATION FROM AUSTERITY TO PROSPERITY
1. Post-war pioneers of modern mobility: the 1940s to the 1960s
2. The decline of British privilege: migrants of the 1970s
3. Thatcher's refugees and Thatcher's beneficiaries: discretionary migration in the 1980s
4. Migration, cosmopolitanism and 'global citizenship' from the 1990s
PART II: LIFE STORIES OF MODERN MIGRATION
5. Migration and career stories: work in an age of mobility
6. Family, love, marriage and migration: the push and pull of private life
7. The quest for new lifestyles: migration, treechange and grey nomads
8. Changing faces of modern migration
Appendix: Tables 1-8
Bibliography
Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

A. James Hammerton is Emeritus Scholar in History at La Trobe University, Melbourne

Zusammenfassung

This is the first book to explore the multiple country movement of migrants of the ‘British diaspora’ since the 1960s. It is an engaging oral history of migrant experiences and attitudes, based largely on intimate life histories which connect migration to life experiences like love and marriage, radical ‘lifestyle’ change and global identities. -- .

Produktdetails

• Autoren: A James Hammerton, A. James Hammerton, Hammerton A. James
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781526139603
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3960-3
• Seiten: 280
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, British & Irish history, Migration, immigration & emigration, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Migration, immigration and emigration