Overview

Using newly released government documents these essays reveal the key role of the British intelligence in the round-ups of European refugees and exposes the subversion of democratic safeguards. They examine the oppression of internment in general and its specific effect upon women, as well as the artistic and cultural achievements of those detained.

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Author:   David Cesarani ,  Tony Kushner
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   v. 11, No. 3.
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9780714640952

ISBN 10:   0714640956
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   01 May 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Alien Internment in Britain During the Twentieth Century: An Introduction I: PRECEDENTS An Alien Concept? The Continuity of Anti-Alienism in British Society before 1940; An Intolerant Act by an Intolerant Society: The Internment of Germans in Britain During the First World War II: THE BRITISH STATE AND INTERNMENT Clubland, Cricket Tests and Alien Internment, 1939-40; The State, Internment and Public Criticism in the Second World War; The British Government and the Internment of Italians III: THE EXPERIENCE OF INTERNMENT Women's Experience of Internment; The Impact of the Second World War on the British Italian Community; Visual Art Behind the Wire; Conclusion and Epilogue

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David Cesarani is Director of the Institute of Contemporary History and Wiener Library. Tony Kushner is Parkes Lecturer at the University of Southampton.

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