TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seabrook,Jeremy
TI  - The refuge and the fortress: Britain and the flight from tyranny 
SN  - 0230218776
AV  - DA125.A1 S43 2009
U1  - 305.9069140941 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Basingstoke [England], New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Refugees
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Emigration and immigration
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index; Introduction --; Part I; Academic Refugees --; Part II; Then --; Part III; Until --; Eastern Europe --; Southern Africa --; West and North-Western Africa --; Part IV; Now --; Africa --; The Caucusus, Iran, Central Asia and the Far East --; The Journey to Safety --; Conclusion
N2  - "The Refuge and the Fortress deals with British attitudes towards people fleeing racial, religious or political persecution in their own country. Current prejudice against asylum seekers is not new. It echoes much of the rhetoric that greeted Jewish refugees from Tsarist pogroms at the turn of the 20th century, and those escaping Hitler in the 1930s. But this only tells half the story. As well as rejection and hostility, there has always been a characteristically British generosity and kindness towards those who have suffered cruelty and injustice. The book tries to make sense of these conflicting responses. At times, it seems, Britain offers a tale of two countries - the xenophobic and the open-hearted. The aim of the book is to make sense of these apparent contradictions, through direct testimonies of refugees and their descendants over the past 75 years. In doing so, we can also gain an insight into the elusive quality of what it means to be British - a question which is now at the centre of much social and political debate."--Publisher's website
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2008046675-b.html
ER  -