British Immigration Policy Since 1939 The Making of Multi-Racial Britain

This is the first survey of British immigration policy to include both its pre-World War Two origins and its development after the crucial 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act. It is an accessible introduction to a subject of increasing popularity with students and academics. It also integrates the resu...

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Main Author Spencer, Ian R.G.
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Routledge 1997
Taylor and Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
Subjects
British History
Contemporary History 1945
Emigration and immigration law
Politics and government
Social & Cultural History
Indian Sub-continent
Dockland Communities
Multi-racial Britain
Working Party Reports
Cabinet Committee
Coloured Alien Seamen
Colonial Immigration
Firemen
World War
East African Asians
Commonwealth Immigrants Act
Merchant Shipping Act
Interdepartmental Working Party
Commonwealth Relations Office
Empire Windrush
Black Immigration
Indian Passport
Entry Clearance Officers
British Subjects
UK Port
Vouchers Issued
British Dependent Territory Citizenship
Colonial Office
British Nationality Act
Black Seamen
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Summary:This is the first survey of British immigration policy to include both its pre-World War Two origins and its development after the crucial 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act. It is an accessible introduction to a subject of increasing popularity with students and academics. It also integrates the results of extensive archival research. Offering a different perspective to sociological approaches, British Immigration Policy since 1939 will be of interest to historians, political scientists, and those studying public and social policy.
ISBN:9780415136969
0415136954
0415136962
9780415136952
DOI:10.4324/9780203437032