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UNINA9910462270503321 |
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Titolo |
Outcast Europe : refugees and relief workers in an era of total war, 1936-48 / / Sharif Gemie [and three others] |
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London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum International Publishing, , 2012 |
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©2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (760 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Refugees - Europe |
World War, 1939-1945 - Civilian relief - Europe |
Refugees - Europe - History - 20th century |
Refugees - Government policy - Europe - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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To Patricia Clark (1957-2010); Contents; Preface; Writing Outcast Europe; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: Writing Refugees; The Inner World of the Refugee; Defining Refugees; Writing Refugees; Historians and Refugees; The Great Journey: Transformative Movement and the Second World War; PART ONE; The Midnight of the Century; 1; The Retirada: Spanish Republican Refugees, 1939; The Refugees' War; Images of France; Organizing the Retirada; The French Reception: Watching the War; The French Reception: Organizing Welfare; The French Reception: the Spanish Experience |
The French Reception: Controlling the FloodConclusion; 2; At the Limits of the Nation State: French Evacuations, 1939-1940; Planning Evacuation; Evacuation in Wartime; Preparing for the Evacuees; Evacuation Stories; Reception and a New Life; Alsace and Lorraine After the Evacuation; Conclusion; 3; The Exodus: French Internal Refugees, 1940; The Broken Hinge; May 1940; Soldiers and Civilians: Encounters on the Road; Images of the Crowd: The Mindless Underworld; Making Sense of the Exode; Solidarity on the Road; Conclusion; 4; After The |
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Exodus: Return, Expulsion and Escape |
The Challenges of ReturnReturning Home; Other Journeys: Continuing Southwards; Other Journeys: 'Visa: A Hundred-Act Vexation'; A Second exode? The Expulsions of Alsatians and Mosellans; Conclusion; PART TWO; FALSE DAWN; 5; Lessons Unlearned: Wartime Debates and the Creation of UNRRA; Ending Another War; Neutrality and Commitment: the Red Cross and UNRRA; Planning UNRRA; Criticizing UNRRA, Defending UNRRA; Recording UNRRA: Beyond Bureaucracy; Joining UNRRA; UNRRA at Granville; Zones and Organizations; Conclusion; 6; Into Darkest Germany; Travelling into Germany; Finding the Camps |
Documents and DPsThe Status of the Relief Worker; Frauleins, Girls and Ladies: Women Relief Workers; Requisitioning, Scrounging and the Black Market; Helping the People Help Themselves; Dedication and Commitment; Conclusion; 7; In the Camps; The Politics of Empathy; The Politics of Critique; A Liberation that was not a Liberation; DPs and Nationality; Protests, Initiatives and National Resurgence; DPs and Relief Workers; Conclusion; 8; Other Paths: Returning to Nationhood; Returning to Poland; 'Returning' to Israel; Conclusion; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An original perspective on the experience of refugees and relief workers. |
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