History, Historians and the Immigration Debate: Going Back to Where We Came From

Front Matter ....Pages i-xv
 Introduction: History as a ‘Martial Art’  (Eureka Henrich, Julian M. Simpson)....Pages 1-12
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 From the Margins of History to the Political Mainstream: Putting Migration History Centre Stage  (Eureka Henrich, Julian M. Simpson)....Pages 15-32
 Beyond the Apocalypse: Reframing Migration History  (Leo Lucassen)....Pages 33-51
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 Both Sides of the Tasman: History, Politics and Migration Between New Zealand and Australia  (Lyndon Fraser)....Pages 55-70
 Changing Migration Policy from the Margins: Filipino Activism on Behalf of Victims of Domestic Violence in Australia, 1980s–2000  (Mina Roces)....Pages 71-90
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 Not Singaporean Enough? Migration, History and National Identity in Singapore  (John Solomon)....Pages 93-112
 ‘They Don’t Call Us Indian’: Indian Muslim Voices and the 1947 India/Pakistan Partition  (Anindya Raychaudhuri)....Pages 113-129
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 The Role of Immigration in the Making/Unmaking of the French Working Class (Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries)  (Gérard Noiriel)....Pages 133-151
 Was the Multiculturalism Backlash Good for Women with a Muslim Background? Perspectives from Five Minority Women’s Organisations in the Netherlands  (Margaretha A. van Es)....Pages 153-170
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 Migrant Doctors and the ‘Frontiers of Medicine’ in Westernised Healthcare Systems  (Julian M. Simpson)....Pages 173-189
 The Right to Asylum: A Hidden History  (Klaus Neumann)....Pages 191-208
 Will the Twenty-First Century World Embrace Immigration History?  (Donna Gabaccia)....Pages 209-226
Back Matter ....Pages 227-242