History, Memory and Migration : Perceptions of the Past and the Politics of Incorporation

Glynn, Irial

ISBN 10: 1349332836 / ISBN 13: 9781349332830

Published by Palgrave Macmillan 2012-01, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: History, Memory and Migration : Perceptions of the Past and the Politics of Incorporation
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan 2012-01
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1349332836
• ISBN 13: 9781349332830
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

By conversing with the main bodies of relevant literature from Migration Studies and Memory Studies, this overview highlights how analysing memories can contribute to a better understanding of the complexities of migrant incorporation. The chapters consider international case studies from Europe, North America, Australia, Asia and the Middle East.

About the Author

MICHÈLE BAUSSANT Researcher in anthropology at the CNRS, France MARY J. HICKMAN Professor of Irish Studies and Sociology at London Metropolitan University, UK HANS LEAMAN Ph.D. candidate in History and Renaissance Studies at Yale University, USA KELVIN E.Y. LOW Assistant Professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore KEVIN MYERS Senior Lecturer in Social History and Education at the University of Birmingham, UK JOSEFINE RAASCH Currently at the Institute for Social Research at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia MORIEL RAM Ph.D student in the department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University, Israel MACHTELD VENKEN Senior postdoctoral researcher and Lise Meitner Fellow at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for European History and the Public Sphere in Vienna JAY WINTER Charles J. Stille Professor of History, Yale University, USA HAIM YACOBI Senior Lecturer at the Department of Politics and Government at Ben Gurion University and a Marie-Curie fellowat Cambridge University, UK.