Enemy in our Midst - Germans in Britain during the First World War

With the approach of the First World War, the German community in Britain began to be assailed by a combination of government measures and popular hostility which resulted in attacks against individuals with German connections and confiscation of their property. From May 1915, a policy of wholesale internment and repatriation was to reduce the German population by more than half of its pre-war figure. The author of this study charts the growth of the German community in Britain before detailing the story of its destruction under the chauvinistic intolerance which gripped the country during the Great War.

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• Authors: Panikos Panayi, Panikos (De Montfort University Panayi, Panayi Panikos
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.04.1991
• EAN: 9780854963089
• ISBN: 978-0-85496-308-9
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, First World War, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, c 1910 to c 1919, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Social and ethical issues, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General