Studies in Global Social History Forced Migration: Exiles and Refugees in the UK and the British Empire 1815-1949 Book 55 (Hardcover)

This volume explores the forced migration of people defined briefly as when individuals or groups are compelled to leave their home countries due to various (though predominantly political) factors to the UK and the British Empire from 1815 to 1949. With a uniquely international and inclusive scope this volume is a welcome contribution to our understanding of forced migrations over this 135-year period. It aims to kickstart future work on this subject and provide the basis for a more truly global understanding of refugees forced migrations and border controls in modern history. Contributors are: Yianni Cartledge Vesna Curlic Milosz K. Cybowski Rosaria Franco Jade Hastings Jemima Jarman Jeffrey Jones Thomas C. Jones Chana Revell Kotzin Michal Adam Palacz Leslie Rogne Schumacher Evan Smith Andrekos Varnava and Andrew Williams.