Overview
- Summary
- "This book examines the efforts and experiences of displaced persons after the Second World War to leave Europe for resettlement through the International Refugee Organisation, and the creation of new categories of legitimacy for refugees as immigrants in this period"-- Provided by publisher.
- Variant Title
- Displaced persons and their quest to leave postwar Europe
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021
©2021 - Locale
- Europe
- Contents
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Telling the Truth in Postwar Europe
"There Has Been a Lot of Dirt Here" : Denunciations and Accusations
Housewives and Opportunists : Categorizing DP Women and Wives
Unaccompanied Children and Unfit Mothers
The Children Left Behind
"The top-heavy slow-turning wheel" : From Europe to Australia
Address Unknown : Tracing the Disappeared
Conclusion : History off the Leash. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Telling the Truth in Postwar Europe -- "There Has Been a Lot of Dirt Here" : Denunciations and Accusations -- Housewives and Opportunists : Categorizing DP Women and Wives -- Unaccompanied Children and Unfit Mothers -- The Children Left Behind -- "The top-heavy slow-turning wheel" : From Europe to Australia -- Address Unknown : Tracing the Disappeared -- Conclusion : History off the Leash.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781501760211
1501760211 - Physical Description
- xiii, 190 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Europe. Refugees--Europe--History--20th century. Refugees--Government policy--Europe--History--20th century. Europe--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Réfugiés--Europe. Réfugiés--Europe--Histoire--20e siècle. Réfugiés--Politique gouvernementale--Europe--Histoire--20e siècle. Europe--Émigration et immigration--Histoire--20e siècle. Emigration and immigration. Refugees. Refugees--Government policy. Europe. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Europe Refugees--Europe--History--20th century Refugees--Government policy--Europe--History--20th century Europe--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century History. International Refugee Organization. International Refugee Organization
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- 2022-12-05 12:23:00
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