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

• Main Author: Spencer, Ian R.G.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 1997; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• 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

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...