An immigration history of Britain
Subtitle: multicultural racism since 1800
By: Panikos Panayi
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Pearson Longman
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Harlow, England; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781405859172
Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Social aspects; Immigrants; History
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. A Country of Immigration?; title: 2. Migration to Britain; title: 3. Three Paths to Integration? Geography, Demography and Economics; title: 4. Ethnicity, Identity and Britishness; title: 5. Xenophobia and Racism; title: 6. The Evolution of Multiculturalism; title: 7. Conclusions, Contradictions and Continuities