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

Informationen zum Autor A. James Hammerton is Emeritus Scholar in History at La Trobe University, Melbourne Klappentext 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. 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The modern drive to emigratePART I: MIGRATION FROM AUSTERITY TO PROSPERITY1. Post-war pioneers of modern mobility: the 1940s to the 1960s2. The decline of British privilege: migrants of the 1970s3. Thatcher's refugees and Thatcher's beneficiaries: discretionary migration in the 1980s4. Migration, cosmopolitanism and 'global citizenship' from the 1990sPART II: LIFE STORIES OF MODERN MIGRATION5. Migration and career stories: work in an age of mobility6. Family, love, marriage and migration: the push and pull of private life7. The quest for new lifestyles: migration, treechange and grey nomads8. Changing faces of modern migrationAppendix: Tables 1-8BibliographyIndex

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• Autori: A James Hammerton, A. James Hammerton, AJames Hammerton, Hammerton A. James
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781526116574
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-1657-4
• Pagine: 280
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; 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