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Online-Ressource (270 p)
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Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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9780857453273
Series Statement:
International Studies in Social History v.18
Content:
These transfers of sovereignty resulted in extensive, unforeseen movements of citizens and subjects to their former countries. The phenomenon of postcolonial migration affected not only European nations, but also the United States, Japan and post-Soviet Russia. The political and societal reactions to the unexpected and often unwelcome migrants was significant to postcolonial migrants' identity politics and how these influenced metropolitan debates about citizenship, national identity and colonial history. The contributors explore the historical background and contemporary significance of these
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Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Postcolonial Immigrants in France and their Descendants; Chapter 2 - Postcolonial Migrants in Britain; Chapter 3- Postcolonial Migrants in the Netherlands; Chapter 4 - Postcolonial Portugal; Chapter 5 - Return of the Natives?; Chapter 6 - Postcolonial Immigration and Identity Formation in Europe since 1945; Chapter 7 - The Puerto Rican Diasporato the United States; Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index;
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Introduction : postcolonial migrations and identity politics : towards a comparative perspective / Ulbe Bosma, Jan Lucassen and Gert Oostindie -- Postcolonial immigrants in France and their descendants : the meanings of France's "postcolonial moment / James Cohen -- Post colonial migrants in Britain : from unwelcome guests to partial and segmented assimilation / Shinder Thandi -- Postcolonial migrants in the Netherlands : identity politics versus the fragmentation of community / Gert Oostindie -- Post-colonial Portugal : between Scylla and Charybdis / Margarida Marques -- Return of the natives? : children of empire in postimperial Japan / Nicole Leah Cohen -- Postcolonial immigration and identity formation in Europe since 1945 : the Russian variant / Allison Blakely -- The Puerto Rican diaspora to the United States : a postcolonial migration / Jorge Duany.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780857453273
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Print version Postcolonial Migrants and Identity Politics : Europe, Russia, Japan and the United States in Comparison
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