Description
Book SynopsisAnalyzing the history and memory of migrant journeys, covering not only the response of politicians and the public but also literary and artistic representations, then and now, Kushner’s volume sheds new light on the nature and construction of Britishness from the early modern era onwards.
Trade ReviewKushner underscores that remembering is above all a political process of selection and exclusion, and that national memories as well as migrant recasting of narratives are part and parcel of this process. Beyond the author's obvious craftsmanship and empathy for his subjects, what emerges from this is the complexity of the struggle for meaning. -- .
Table of ContentsPart I:
Introduction
1. Britishness, entry and exclusion
2. Constructing migrant journeys
Part II: Early journeys, 1685–1880
3. Huguenot journeys: constructing the refugees
4. Volga Germans in the late nineteenth century: from refugees to foreign paupers
Part III: The Nazi era
5. Constructing (another) ideal refugee journey: the Kinder
Part IV: Colonial and postcolonial journeys
7. The Empire Windrush: the making of an iconic British journey
8. Stowaways and others: racism and alternative journeys into Britishness
Part V: Conclusions
9. Britishness and the nature of migrant journeys
Bibliography
Index
