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Title The Internment of aliens in twentieth century Britain / edited by David Cesarani and Tony Kushner
Published London : F. Cass ; Portland, OR : F. Cass, c/o International Specialized Book Services, ©1993

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Description 1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations
Series Immigrants & minorities ; v. 11, no. 3 (Special issue)
Contents 1. Precedents -- 2. The British state and internment -- 3. The experience of internment
Summary In 1940, press hysteria and prejudice at government level led to the internment of over 20,000 Jewish refugees from Nazi-dominated Europe. Likewise, in l914-1918 Germans in Britain were brutally interred, and democratic safeguards were subverted
Notes Contains revised papers originally presented at a conference called Internment remembered, which was held May 1990, London, as well as new contributions commissioned for this vol
"First appeared in a Special issue ... of Immigrants and minorities, vol. 11, no. 3"--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Noncitizens -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, British
World War, 1914-1918 -- Concentration camps -- Great Britain
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, British
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Great Britain
Immigrants -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Noncitizens
Internment camps
Immigrants
SUBJECT Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056829
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Cesarani, David
Kushner, Tony (Antony Robin Jeremy)
ISBN 1299054536
9781299054530
9780203043745
020304374X
9781136293573
1136293574
9781136293719
113629371X
9781136293641
1136293647
9780714634661
0714634662
9780714640952
0714640956
OTHER TI Immigrants & minorities. Vol. 11, no. 3 (Special issue)