History, Memory and Migration: Perceptions of the Past and the Politics of Incorporation

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Memory and Migration Nexus: An Overview....Pages 3-29
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
Cultures of History: The New Left, South Asians, and Historical Memory in Post-War England....Pages 33-48
‘I am also a Foreigner, but with Me it’s Different’: Polish Displaced Persons, War Memory and Ethnification in Belgium....Pages 49-67
Using History to Relate: How Teenagers in Germany Use History to Orient between Nationalities....Pages 68-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Caught between Two Worlds: The Europeans of Algeria in France after 1962....Pages 87-105
Remembering Egypt: Evangelicals, Conservatism and Immigration in America....Pages 106-137
Past Migrations, Contemporary Representations and Complex Multicultures in London....Pages 138-153
African Asylum Seekers and the Changing Politics of Memory in Israel....Pages 154-170
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Famine Commemorations and Asylum Debates in Ireland Conflated....Pages 173-188
Migrant Incorporation and Political Memories: Transformations of Civic and Communal Belonging in Australia since 1949....Pages 189-213
Songs for the Nation: Migrant Pasts and Global Futures in Singapore....Pages 214-234
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
History, Memory and Migration: Comparisons, Challenges and Outlooks....Pages 237-243
Back Matter....Pages 245-251