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Berghahn Books Postcolonial Migrants and Identity Politics Europe Russia Japan and the United States in Comparison 2012 Edition by Ulbe Bosma, Jan Lucassen, Gert Oostindie
These transfers of sovereignty resulted in extensive, unforeseen movements of citizens and subjects to their former countries. The phenomenon of postcolonial migration affected not only European nations, but also the United States, Japan and post-Soviet Russia. The political and societal reactions to the unexpected and often unwelcome migrants was significant to postcolonial migrants' identity politics and how these influenced metropolitan debates about citizenship, national identity and colonial history. The contributors explore the historical background and contemporary significance of these migrations and discuss the ethnic and class composition and the patterns of integration of the migrant population. Table of contents :- List of Figures and TablesList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Postcolonial migrations and identity politics: Towards a comparative perspectiveUlbe Bosma, Jan Lucassen and Gert OostindieChapter 1. Postcolonial Immigrants in France and their Descendants: the Meanings of France's "Postcolonial Moment"James CohenChapter 2. Postcolonial Migrants in Britain: From Unwelcome Guests to Partial and Segmented AssimilationShinder ThandiChapter 3. Postcolonial Migrants in the Netherlands: Identity Politics versus the Fragmentation of CommunityGert OostindieChapter 4. Postcolonial Portugal: between Scylla and CharybdisMargarida MarquesChapter 5. Return of the Natives? Children of Empire in Postimperial JapanNicole Leah CohenChapter 6. Postcolonial Immigration and Identity Formation In Europe Since 1945: The Russian VariantAllison BlakelyChapter 7. The Puerto Rican Diaspora to the United States: A Postcolonial MigrationJorge DuanyBibliographyNotes on the ContributorsIndex