Refugees in Europe, 1919-1959

Author: Matthew Frank

Title: Refugees in Europe, 1919-1959

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 268

Release Date: 2019-03-21

Details: Product Description This volume offers a new history of Europe's mid-20th century as seen through the lens of its recurrent refugee crises. Borrowing from and adapting E. H. Carr's The Twenty Years' Crisis, the editors of this volume conceive of the two post-war eras as a single 'forty years' crisis', which enables them not only to explore the continuities and disjunctures across the period but also to challenge established historiographical certainties and master narratives. As the essays in this volume show, the story of the 'forty years' crisis' can be told in very different ways: as one of upheaval, disintegration and suffering, or as one of newly emerging national and international solutions and possibilities; as a 'top-down' history of nations, institutions and policies, or as a 'bottom-up' history of refugees, relief workers and refugee advocates; by assessing the historical developments themselves or their historiographical afterlives. This volume is unique in that it brings these different perspectives together and provides a coherent intellectual framework within which they can be made sense of. Refugees in Twentieth-Century Europe represents the first comprehensive treatment of refugees in Europe of this breadth and depth for over a generation. It will provide an indispensable research guide for students of migration, nationalism and international diplomacy in 20th-century Europe, and an up-to-date overview of current research for specialists. As such it will make a major contribution to European and international history. Review "This collection succeeds because its expert authors and editors elucidate the rich variety and the ubiquity of the refugee experience, without eliding its devastating inhumane aspects. Readers of this journal may read it for the experience of eastern Europe in the twentieth century, yet it has something to teach historians of every continent." -Slavic Review "The anthology, which in view of the topicality of the topics and its methodological breadth is a profitable read for those who are particularly interested as well as for teaching, thus marks a promising change of perspective." -H-Soz-Kult (Bloomsbury Translation)"Penned by prominent specialists, these essays offer the most comprehensive account of Europe's refugee problem from the end of World War One to the decolonization era. They also provide an invaluable point of comparison with the ongoing asylum and humanitarian crisis affecting the European Union." -Daniel Cohen, Rice University, USA"Who can assess Europe today without the catastrophic situation of refugees, hundreds of thousands of whom are knocking on its doors? In this excellent volume, historians Matthew Frank and Jessica Reinisch assemble essays that put this inescapable phenomenon into its complicated and yet sometimes repetitious historical context. Using the framework of a "forty years crisis" framed by the two World Wars, the editors present innovative approaches to Europe's refugee past, suggesting new ways of looking one of the great upheavals of our time." -Michael R. Marrus, University of Toronto, Canada About the Author Jessica Reinisch is Professor of Modern European History at Birkbeck, London, UK.

EAN: 9781472585615

Package Dimensions: Height: 9.21258 Inches, Length: 6.02361 Inches, Weight: 0.83996121822 Pounds, Width: 0.61 Inches