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Seabrook, Jeremy, (1939-)

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The refuge and the fortress = Britain and the flight from tyranny /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The refuge and the fortress/ Jeremy Seabrook.
Reminder of title:	Britain and the flight from tyranny /
Author:	Seabrook, Jeremy,
Published:	Basingstoke [England] ;Palgrave Macmillan, : 2009.,
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 259 p.) :ill.
Notes:	Description based on print version record.
[NT 15003449]:	List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on the Text -- Introduction -- PART I: ACADEMIC REFUGEES -- PART II: THEN -- PART III: UNTIL -- Eastern Europe -- Southern Africa-- West and North-Western Africa -- PART IV: NOW -- Africa -- The Caucusus, Iran, Central Asia and the Far East -- The Journey to Safety -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.
Subject:	Refugees - Government policy - 20th century. - Great Britain -
Subject:	Great Britain - Emigration and immigration - 20th century. -
Online resource:	http://link.springer.com/10.1057/9780230235014access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	0230235018 (electronic bk.)

The refuge and the fortress = Britain and the flight from tyranny /
Seabrook, Jeremy,1939-

The refuge and the fortressBritain and the flight from tyranny /[electronic resource] :Jeremy Seabrook. - Basingstoke [England] ;Palgrave Macmillan,2009. - 1 online resource (xiii, 259 p.) :ill.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-236) and index.

List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on the Text -- Introduction -- PART I: ACADEMIC REFUGEES -- PART II: THEN -- PART III: UNTIL -- Eastern Europe -- Southern Africa-- West and North-Western Africa -- PART IV: NOW -- Africa -- The Caucusus, Iran, Central Asia and the Far East -- The Journey to Safety -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

The Refuge and the Fortress deals with British attitudes towards people fleeing racial, religious or political persecution in their own country. Current prejudice against asylum seekers is not new. It echoes much of the rhetoric that greeted Jewish refugees from Tsarist pogroms atthe turn of the 20th century, and those escaping Hitler in the 1930s. But this only tells half the story. As well as rejection and hostility,there has always been a characteristically British generosity and kindness towards those who have suffered cruelty and injustice. The book tries to make sense of these conflicting responses. At times, it seems, Britain offers a tale of two countries - the xenophobic and the open-hearted. The aim of the book is to make sense of these apparent contradictions, through direct testimonies of refugees and their descendants overthe past 75 years. In doing so, we can also gain an insight into the elusive quality of what it means to be British - a question which is nowat the centre of much social and political debate.

ISBN: 0230235018 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

1098204
Refugees
--Government policy--Great Britain--20th century.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

562053
Great Britain
--Emigration and immigration--20th century.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

542853
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DA125.A1 / S43 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 305.9/069140941

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