1st Edition
John Bull's Island Immigration and British Society, 1871-1971
By Colin Holmes
Copyright 1988
468 Pages
by
Routledge
468 Pages
by
Routledge
468 Pages
by
Routledge
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There is a strong but unreliable view that immigration is a marginal and recent phenomenon. In fact, immigrants and refugees have come to Britain throughout its recorded history. In this book, first published in 1988, Colin Holmes looks at this period in depth and asks: who were the newcomers and why were they coming? What were the distinctive features of their economic and social lives in... Read more
1.Immigration in the Age of Imperialism 2. The Strains of War, 1914-19 3. ‘The Glass is Falling Hour by Hour’. Immigration, 1919-39 4. In a Context of Total Way, 1939-45 5. The Postwar Years, 1945-71
Biography
Colin Holmes
