Ebook: Lovers and strangers an immigrant history of post-war Britain
Author: Wills Clair
- Tags: Einwanderer, Einwanderung, Emigration and immigration, Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century, Great Britain--History--20th century, Immigrants, Immigrants--Cultural assimilation, Immigrants--Cultural assimilation--Great Britain--History--20th century, Immigrants--Cultural assimilation--History--20th century--Great Britain, Immigrants--Great Britain--History--20th century, Immigrants--History--20th century--Great Britain, Soziale Integration, History, Großbritannien, Immigrants -- Gr
- Year: 2017
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- City: London;Great Britain;Großbritannien
- Language: English
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TLS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017
'Generous and empathetic ... opens up postwar migration in all its richness' Sukhdev Sandhu, Guardian
'Groundbreaking, sophisticated, original, open-minded ... essential reading for anyone who wants to understand not only the transformation of British society after the war but also its character today' Piers Brendon, Literary Review
'Lyrical, full of wise and original observations' David Goodhart, The Times
The battered and exhausted Britain of 1945 was desperate for workers - to rebuild, to fill the factories, to make the new NHS work. From all over the world and with many motives, thousands of individuals took the plunge. Most assumed they would spend just three or four years here, sending most of their pay back home, but instead large numbers stayed - and transformed the country.
Drawing on an amazing array of...