The Internment of Aliens in Twentieth Century Britain

by David Cesarani (Editor), Tony Kushner (Editor)

Overview

These essays reveal the role of British intelligence in the roundups of European refugees and expose the subversion of democratic safeguards. They examine the oppression of internment in general and its specific effect on women, as well as the artistic and cultural achievements of internees.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714634661
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/01/1993
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

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

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