The refuge and the fortress : [Book] : Britain and the persecuted 1933-2013 / Jeremy Seabrook ; foreword by Jon Snow.

By:

Seabrook, Jeremy, 1939- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013Edition: Second editionDescription: xii, 286 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781137327895 (hardback)
9781137327864 (paperback)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

305.9069140941 23

Other classification:

305.9069140941

Summary: The Refuge and the Fortress offers an account of academic refugees in Britain, including those who fled Nazi Germany, and through their testimonies, seeks to understand the qualities they bestowed on their adoptive country. It provides an honest portrayal of the encounters of people from other cultures with the characteristics of the British.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad	305.9069140941 SEA-R (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		54567

Total holds: 0

Browsing Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad shelves Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous		No cover image available			No cover image available			Next
Previous	305.895491 SHA-I The issues of ethnicity in Pakistan, 1972-85	305.896073075 WAR-S Segregation, the inner conflict in the South /	305.9069120943 BOT-W Wir neuen Deutschen : warum das Land Menschen wie uns braucht, aber nicht immer will /	305.9069140941 SEA-R The refuge and the fortress : Britain and the persecuted 1933-2013 /	305.908 DES Design manual and guidelines for accessibility for creation of barrier free environments to make buildings and facilities accessible to people with disabilities.	305.96392 GUP-C Contested coastlines fisherfolk, nations, and borders in South Asia /	306 BEN-C Cultural models genesis, methods, and experiences /	Next

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Refuge and the Fortress offers an account of academic refugees in Britain, including those who fled Nazi Germany, and through their testimonies, seeks to understand the qualities they bestowed on their adoptive country. It provides an honest portrayal of the encounters of people from other cultures with the characteristics of the British.

All.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.