1st Edition
The Discourse of Repatriation in Britain, 1845-2016 A Political and Social History
By Daniel Renshaw
Copyright 2021
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
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Examining responses to migration and settlement in Britain from the Irish Famine up to Brexit, The Discourse of Repatriation looks at how concepts of removal evolved in this period, and the varied protagonists who have articulated these ideas in different contexts.
Analysing the relationship between discourse and action, Renshaw explores how ideas and language originating on the peripheries... Read more
1 ‘Are there no means by which we can get rid of this intolerable nuisance?’, Paupers and Exiles, 1845–1881 12
2 ‘And if found in the land one hour later …’, Expelling the Alien, 1881–1914 50
3 ‘… they are persons whom it is undesirable to retain in this country’, War, Unrest, and Fascism, 1914–1945 101
4 ‘Who goes home?’, repatriation in the post-war era, 1945–2016 146
Conclusion 204
Biography
Daniel Renshaw is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Reading, UK. His work examines migration, diaspora and prejudice in Britain and Europe. He is the author of Socialism and the Diasporic ‘Other’, published in 2018.
