Research Catalog

Title

An immigration history of Britain : multicultural racism since 1800 / Panikos Panayi.

Author

Panayi, Panikos

Publication

Harlow, England ; N.Y. : Pearson Longman, 2010.

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Details

Description

xiii, 392 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

• "Immigration, ethnicity, multiculturalism and racism are often perceived as recent additions to the British social and cultural landscape - yet, far from being new, these phenomena have characterised British life since the 19th century. Although the numbers of immigrants have increased since the Second World War, groups such as the Irish, Germans and East European Jews have been arriving, settling and making an impact on British society from the Victorian period onwards.
• In this comprehensive and fascinating account, Panikos Panayi tackles the many contradictions in the history of immigration over the past two centuries: migration versus government control; migrant poverty versus social mobility; ethnic identity versus increasing Anglicisation; and, above all, racism versus multiculturalism."--Pub. desc.

Subjects

• History
• Immigrants > Great Britain > History
• Great Britain > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
• Great Britain > Emigration and immigration > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-375) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. A Country of Immigration? -- Migrant histories -- Immigration before 1800 -- Immigration since 1800 -- 2. Migration to Britain. -- The scale of migration -- The causes of migration in Britain -- Underlying factors -- The role and attractions of Britain -- Local and personal factors -- The complexity of migration motivations -- 3. Three Paths to Integration? Geography, Demography and Economics. -- Patterns of integration? -- Geographical distribution on a national scale -- The inevitability of ghettoization? -- Demography -- Economics -- The inevitability of integration? -- 4. Ethnicity, Identity and Britishness. -- From national and ethnic blocks to individuals -- Religion -- Politics -- Cultural identities -- Conclusions -- 5. Xenophobia and Racism. -- Racism, social scientists and historians -- Xenophobia and racism in modern British history -- Institutional racism -- Ideologies, outsiders and their persecution -- Racist Britain -- 6. The Evolution of Multiculturalism. -- Multicultural definitions -- The legal basis of multiculturalism -- Support for migrants and refugees -- The impact of immigration -- Britain as a multicultural state and society -- 7. Conclusions, Contradictions and Continuities. -- Migration versus control -- Poverty versus social mobility -- Ethnicity, identity and Britishness -- Racism or multiculturalism?

ISBN

9781405859172 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2010008544

OCLC

• 553364967
• SCSB-12142993

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library