| Unit name | Britain's Migrant and Diasporic Communities 1851-1971 (Level I Special Field) |
|---|---|
| Unit code | HIST20092 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Mukherjee |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
HIST23008 Special Field Project |
| School/department | Department of History (Historical Studies) |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Migration has been core to the development of Britain for centuries. This is evident in the English language, the architecture of British towns and cities, in social customs, and food. This unit considers the migration into Britain by people from all over the world, but with particular attention to the migration of people from the British empire and former colonies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We will look at a range of primary sources (newspapers, memoirs, photos, government reports) to discuss the ways in which migrants have had an impact on British society, economy and political life, and to consider how notions of ‘race’, ‘immigration’, and ‘British identity’ have developed over time.
By the end of the unit students will be able to demonstrate:
1 x two-hour seminar weekly
One two-hour exam (100%) [ILO 1-4]
Peter Fryer, Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain (Pluto Press, 1984)
Colin Holmes, John Bull’s Island: Immigration and British Society, 1871-1971 (Macmillan, 1998)
Panikos Panayi, Immigration, Ethnicity and Racism in Britain, 1815-1945 (Manchester University Press, 1994)
Laura Tabili, “We Ask for British Justice”: Workers and Racial Difference in Late Imperial Britain (Cornell University Press, 1994)
Rozina Visram, Asians in Britain: 400 Years of History (Pluto Press, 2007)
Robert Winder, Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain (Abacus, 2004)
