Post-war Caribbean migration to Britain : the unfinished cycle

Author(s)

• Byron, Margaret

Bibliographic Information

Post-war Caribbean migration to Britain : the unfinished cycle

Margaret Byron

（Research in ethnic relations series）

Avebury, c1994

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-221)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This text analyzes post-war Caribbean migration to Britain. It examines the historical context and Britain as the chosen destination - both on an national level and a local level, and taking Leicester as the subject of its inquiry.

Table of Contents

• Toward a theoretical framework for analyzing Caribbean migration
• the historical context - Caribbean migration from emancipation to the Second World War
• the organization of un-recruited migration from the Caribbean to Britain
• Britain as post-war migrant destination - the national scale and the Leicester locality
• the occupation experience - change and continuity for Nevisian migrants in Leicester
• the housing question - Caribbean migrants and the British housing market
• return to Nevis - myth and reality
• conclusion.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA24465589
• ISBN:
  • 1856286150
• LCCN: 94037811
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Aldershot, England ; Brookfield, Vt., USA
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 221 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JV7685.W4
  • DC20 : 304.8/410729
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : West Indians -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : West Indies -- Emigration and immigration
  • LCSH : Caribbean Area -- Emigration and immigration
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA01294851