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Informationen zum Autor Tony Kushner is Professor in History and director of the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton Klappentext Analyzing the history and memory of migrant journeys, covering not only the response of politicians and the public but also literary and artistic representations, then and now, Kushner's volume sheds new light on the nature and construction of Britishness from the early modern era onwards. Zusammenfassung Analyzing the history and memory of migrant journeys, covering not only the response of politicians and the public but also literary and artistic representations, then and now, Kushner’s volume sheds new light on the nature and construction of Britishness from the early modern era onwards. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I:Introduction1. Britishness, entry and exclusion2. Constructing migrant journeysPart II: Early journeys, 1685-18803. Huguenot journeys: constructing the refugees4. Volga Germans in the late nineteenth century: from refugees to foreign paupersPart III: The Nazi era5. Constructing (another) ideal refugee journey: the KinderPart IV: Colonial and postcolonial journeys7. The Empire Windrush: the making of an iconic British journey8. Stowaways and others: racism and alternative journeys into BritishnessPart V: Conclusions9. Britishness and the nature of migrant journeysBibliographyIndex
