Marronage - the process of flight by slaves from servitude to establish their own hegemonies in inhospitable or wild territories - had its beginnings in the early 1500s in Hispaniola, the first European settlement in the New World. As fictional personae the maroons continue to w…
"In the years following Hitler's rise to power, German Jews faced increasingly restrictive antisemitic laws, and many responded by fleeing to more tolerant countries. Cities of Refuge compares the experiences of Jewish refugees who immigrated to London and New York City by analy…
'How did descriptions of individuals' appearance reinforce emergent categories of race? In Colonial Complexions, more than 4000 advertisements for runaway slaves and servants reveal how colonists transformed seemingly observable characteristics into racist reality.' --
In Deutschland versuchten etwa 10.000 bis 15.000 Juden dem nationalsozialistischen Völkermord zu entgehen, indem sie untertauchten. Sie wagten mit Hilfe von jüdischen und nicht-jüdischen Verwandten, Freunden oder ihnen gänzlich unbekannten Personen ein Leben in der Illegalität. …
Chs. 1-8 (pp. 24-230) deal with the experiences of Jews who went into hiding in München or Jews from München who went into hiding elsewhere. Chs. 9-11 (pp. 231-287) examine the situation of the Jews after the war. Notes that of the 9,000-10,000 Jews living in München in 1933, 2,…
The political philosophy of refuge
"The Political Philosophy of Refuge How to assess and deal with the claims of millions of displaced people to find refuge and asylum in safe and prosperous countries is one of the most pressing issues of modern political philosophy. In this timely volume, fresh insights are offe…
The political philosophy of refuge
"The Political Philosophy of Refuge How to assess and deal with the claims of millions of displaced people to find refuge and asylum in safe and prosperous countries is one of the most pressing issues of modern political philosophy. In this timely volume, fresh insights are offe…
The political philosophy of refuge
"The Political Philosophy of Refuge How to assess and deal with the claims of millions of displaced people to find refuge and asylum in safe and prosperous countries is one of the most pressing issues of modern political philosophy. In this timely volume, fresh insights are offe…
This book analyses conflict theory through one type of conflict in particular: manhunting, or predation.
Still in early stages of development, conflict theory presents a growing interest in understanding the economic costs and benefits of conflicts. In this book, Mehrdad Vahabi analyses one type of conflict in particular: manhunting, or predation, in which a dominant power hunts do…
"Still in early stages of development, conflict theory presents a growing interest in understanding the economic costs and benefits of conflicts. In this book, Mehrdad Vahabi analyses one type of conflict in particular: manhunting, or predation, in which a dominant power hunts d…
Refugee and Forced Migration Studies has grown from being a concern of a relatively small number of scholars and policy researchers in the 1980s to a global field of interest with thousands of students worldwide studying displacement either from traditional disciplinary perspect…
This authoritative handbook critically evaluates the birth and development of refugee and forced migration studies, and analyses the key contemporary and future challenges faced by academics and practitioners working with and for forcibly displaced populations around the world.