Refuge and the Fortress - Britain and the Persecuted 1933 - 2013

Informationen zum Autor Jeremy Seabrook has written 40 books on social, economic and environmental issues, most recently, People without History, India's Muslim Ghettos, Consuming Cultures, Globalization and Local Life, A World Growing Old and Children of other Worlds, a comparison of child labour in early industrial London and contemporary Dhaka. Klappentext The Refuge and the Fortress offers an account of academic refugees in Britain, including those who fled Nazi Germany, and through their testimonies, seeks to understand the qualities they bestowed on their adoptive country. It provides an honest portrayal of the encounters of people from other cultures with the characteristics of the British. Zusammenfassung The Refuge and the Fortress offers an account of academic refugees in Britain! including those who fled Nazi Germany! and through their testimonies! seeks to understand the qualities they bestowed on their adoptive country. It provides an honest portrayal of the encounters of people from other cultures with the characteristics of the British. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgements A Note on the Text 1. Introduction 2. Academic Refugees 3. Then 4. Until 5. Now 6. Conclusion Bibliography

List of contents

List of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgements A Note on the Text 1. Introduction 2. Academic Refugees 3. Then 4. Until 5. Now 6. Conclusion Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: J Seabrook, J. Seabrook, Jeremy Seabrook
• Assisted by: Jon Snow (Foreword)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.06.2013
• EAN: 9781137327864
• ISBN: 978-1-137-32786-4
• No. of pages: 298
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Ethnic Studies, History, History: specific events & topics, European History, Political Science, Political science & theory, Political History, Ethnicity, World Politics, Ethnicity Studies, Race and Ethnicity Studies, History, Modern, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, Europe—History