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The British Migrant Experience, 1700-2000: An Anthology
Leese, Peter, Piatele, Beata, Curytto-Klag, Isabela
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Description for The British Migrant Experience, 1700-2000: An Anthology
Hardcover. "The British Migrant Experience 1700-2000" is a wide-ranging collection of first-person accounts, together with introductory essays, capturing varied aspects of the British migrant story from the 18th-20th centuries. Editor(s): Piatek, Beata; Curyllo-Klag, Izabela. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 557.
The British Migrant Experience 1700-2000 is a wide-ranging collection of first person accounts together with introductory essays, capturing varied aspects of the British migrant story from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. Building on recent interest in the social, psychological and historical aspects of population movement within and into mainland Britain, this anthology contributes to the current debate on British national identities, and introduces readers to aspects of imperial and colonial history, the history of autobiography and self-narration, and post-colonial literature.
The British Migrant Experience 1700-2000 is a wide-ranging collection of first person accounts together with introductory essays, capturing varied aspects of the British migrant story from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. Building on recent interest in the social, psychological and historical aspects of population movement within and into mainland Britain, this anthology contributes to the current debate on British national identities, and introduces readers to aspects of imperial and colonial history, the history of autobiography and self-narration, and post-colonial literature.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
329
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333998632
SKU
V9780333998632
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99-15
About Leese, Peter, Piatele, Beata, Curytto-Klag, Isabela
PETER LEESE is Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural History at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. BEATA PIATEK, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. IZABELA CURYLLO-KLAG, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
Reviews for The British Migrant Experience, 1700-2000: An Anthology
'The descriptions of communities and individuals - I lived on turnips, mainly - are useful, but it is the thoughts and feelings, from anxiety to luck, that stand out. They also help to make the book enlightening: for alongside material on the familiar Irish, Jewish and black migrants, there are accounts of Latvians in Bedford, Lithuanians in Lanarkshire and a ... Read more