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14%OFFClair Wills - Lovers and Strangers: An Immigrant History of Post-War Britain - 9780141974972 - 9780141974972
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Lovers and Strangers: An Immigrant History of Post-War Britain

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Description for Lovers and Strangers: An Immigrant History of Post-War Britain paperback. BIC Classification: HBTB. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2018 TLS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 'Generous and empathetic ... opens up postwar migration in all its richness' Sukhdev Sandhu, Guardian 'Groundbreaking, sophisticated, original, open-minded ... essential reading for anyone who wants to understand not only the transformation of British society after the war but also its character today' Piers Brendon, Literary Review 'Lyrical, full of wise and original observations' David Goodhart, The Times The battered and exhausted Britain of 1945 was desperate for workers - to rebuild, ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141974972
SKU
9780141974972
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About Clair Wills
Clair Wills is a critic and cultural historian. She is the author of That Neutral island: A History of Ireland during the Second World War, which won the PEN Hessell-Tiltman History Prize, Dublin 1916: The Siege of the GPO, and The Best Are Leaving: Emigration and Post-War Irish Culture. She teaches at Princeton University and divides her time ... Read more

Reviews for Lovers and Strangers: An Immigrant History of Post-War Britain
Lovers and Strangers presents a historically rich view of immigration to Britain. Wills writes with both humour and detail about the lives of thousands of single men from Poland, Ireland, the West Indies and South Asia. Many of her tales are filled with the music, alcohol and nightlife which occupied the attentions of thousands of single men
Burhan Wazir ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Lovers and Strangers: An Immigrant History of Post-War Britain


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