Delivery included to the United States

Migrants of the British Diaspora Since the 1960S

Migrants of the British Diaspora Since the 1960S Stories from Modern Nomads

Hardback (20 Jul 2017)

Save $16.10

  • RRP $114.10
  • $98.00
Add to basket

Includes delivery to the United States

10+ copies available online - Usually dispatched within 7-10 days

Other formats & editions

New
Paperback (05 Apr 2019) RRP $33.56 $32.26

Publisher's Synopsis

This is the first social history to explore experiences of British emigrants from the peak years of the 1960s to the emigration resurgence of the turn of the twentieth century. It explores migrant experiences in Australia, Canada and New Zealand alongside other countries. The book charts the gradual reinvention of the 'British diaspora' from a postwar migration of austerity to a modern migration of prosperity. It offers a different way of writing migration history, based on life histories but exploring mentalities as well as experiences, against a setting of deep social and economic change. Key moments are the 1970s loss of Britons' privilege in Commonwealth destination countries, 'Thatcher's refugees' in the 1980s and shifting attitudes to cosmopolitanism and global citizenship by the 1990s. It charts a long process of change from the 1960s to patterns of discretionary and nomadic migration, which became more common practice from the end of the twentieth century.

About the Publisher

Manchester University Press

Founded in 1904, MUP is the third largest University Press in England and publishes monographs and textbooks by authors from all over the world. Currently publishing 145 new books a year and managing a portfolio of 14 journals as well as an extensive backlist of over 1000 titles, the Press sells more than 150,000 books each year to a global audience. The Press exports some 50 percent of output to more than 60 countries using representatives in Britain, Ireland and Europe and agents elsewhere including North America, Canada and Australia.

Book information

ISBN: 9781526116574
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 304.80941
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 280
Weight: 592g
Height: 237mm
Width: 163mm
Spine width: 27mm