Yugoslav Refugees in the Egyptian Desert - Western Humanitarian Aid and the British Military, 1944-1947

During World War II, more than 40,000 Yugoslav refugees were relocated to `tent cities' in the Egyptian desert and, for two years, lived alongside Western aid workers and members of the British military.

About the author

Andrea Henderson is Professor of English at the University of California, Irvine, where she has taught since 2002. She came to UCI after 11 years teaching at the University of Michigan. She received her B.A. from the University of Chicago in 1986, and her Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991. Professor Henderson's research is centered on nineteenth-century British culture. She is the author of Romantic Identities: Varieties of
Subjectivity, 1774-1830 (Cambridge University Press, 1996), Romanticism and the Painful Pleasures of Modern Life (Cambridge University Press, 2008), and articles on subjects ranging from eighteenth-century embryology to Victorian photography.

Summary

During World War II, more than 40,000 Yugoslav refugees were relocated to `tent cities’ in the Egyptian desert and, for two years, lived alongside Western aid workers and members of the British military.

Product details

• Authors: Kornelijia Ajlec
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 29.02.2020, delayed
• EAN: 9781788312103
• ISBN: 978-1-78831-210-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History; International Library of Twentieth Century History
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries