The Refuge and the Fortress offers an account of academic refugees in Britain, including those who fled Nazi Germany, and through their testimonies, seeks to understand the qualities they bestowed on their adoptive country. It provides an honest portrayal of the encounters of people from other cultures with the characteristics of the British.
| Autor: | Seabrook, J. |
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| ISBN: | 9781137327895 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Springer Nature EN |
| Veröffentlicht: | 06.06.2013 |
| Untertitel: | Britain and the Persecuted 1933 - 2013 |
| Schlagworte: | B Ethnic Studies Ethnicity Ethnicity Studies European History Europe—History Great Britain—History History History, Modern History: specific events & topics History of Britain and Ireland Modern History Palgrave History Collection Political History Political Science Political science & theory Race and Ethnicity Studies World Politics |
Jeremy Seabrook has written 40 books on social, economic and environmental issues, most recently, People without History, India's Muslim Ghettos, Consuming Cultures, Globalization and Local Life, A World Growing Old and Children of other Worlds, a comparison of child labour in early industrial London and contemporary Dhaka.