European Immigrants in Britain 1933-1950

ISBN-13: 9783598116193 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 224 str.

Johannes-Dieter Steinert; Inge Weber-Newth

Opis

The volume contains the contributions to the international conference "European Immigrants in Britain, 1933-50" which took place in December 2000 at the German Historical Institute in London, U.K. Papers analysed the British immigration and immigrant policies and examined social, cultural and economic aspects of the subject as well as questions of migrants' perception of self and other and the reactions of the receiving community.

The conference proceedings enable the direct comparison of different European migrant groups and their experiences. This applies to areas of British immigration and immigrant policy as well as to migrants' perceptions of themselves and their new environment: How was the receiving society perceived? How were the immigrants seen? What impact did stereotypes, role-expectations, racism, xenophobia or experiences of conflict have on individual lives? What role did gender, education or training play in the process of migration and resettlement?

Spis treści

Frontmatter -- Contents -- European Immigrants in Britain, 1933-50 -- Context -- Immigrants and Refugees. Keynote Address -- The Historiography of European Immigrants in Britain during the Twentieth Century -- Immigration and Immigration Policy in Britain from the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Centuries -- Refugees from Nazi-Germany -- Exclusion, Persecution, Expulsion: National Socialist Policy against Undesirables -- Britain and Refugees from Nazism: Policies, Constraints and Choices -- Jewish Refugees in Britain -- The Repatriation of German Political Emigrés from Britain -- The Impact of War -- Jewish Holocaust Survivors between Liberation and Resettlement -- The Displaced Persons Problem: Repatriation and Resettlement -- Westward Ho! The Recruitment of Displaced Persons for British Industry -- The Poles in Scotland, 1940-1950: Some New Perspectives -- Italians in War and Post-War Britain -- The Legacy of War: Germans in Post-War Britain -- Notes on Contributors -- Index