John Bull's Island: Immigration and British Society, 1871-1971

by Colin Holmes

Overview

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 Britain? How did British society respond to their presence? The resulting book is a major historical survey of immigration which synthesises and evaluates existing work and weaves in new material on a wide range of immigrant minorities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317382720
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/16/2015
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Racism and Fascism
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	468
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

Colin Holmes

Table of Contents

Preface, Colin Holmes; Part 1 Part One, Colin Holmes; Introduction, Colin Holmes; Part 2 Part Two, Colin Holmes; Chapter I Immigration in the Age of Imperialism, Colin Holmes; Chapter II The Strains of War,1914–19, Colin Holmes; Chapter III ‘The glass is falling hour by hour’ Immigration, 1919–39, Colin Holmes; Chapter IV In a Context of Total War, 1939–45, Colin Holmes; Part 3 Part Three, Colin Holmes; Chapter V The Postwar Years, 1945–71, Colin Holmes; Part 4 Part Four, Colin Holmes; Chapter 102 Conclusion, Colin Holmes;