Refugees in Europe, 1919-1959: A Forty Years' Crisis?

This book provides a new history of Europes mid-20th century through the lens of its recurrent refugee crises, challenging established historiographical certainties and master narratives. It offers a coherent intellectual framework for understanding these perspectives and is a valuable research guide for students of migration, nationalism, and international diplomacy.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 21 March 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

This book, available on www.bloomsburycollections.com, presents a fresh perspective on Europe's mid-20th century by examining recurring refugee crises through the lens of E. H. Carr's The Twenty Years Crisis. The editors of this volume view the two post-war eras as a unified "forty years crisis," allowing for a comprehensive exploration of continuities and disjunctures across the period. By challenging established historiographical certainties and master narratives, the volume offers a nuanced understanding of the era.

The essays in this collection present diverse narratives of the "forty years crisis." They depict it as a period of upheaval, disintegration, and suffering, as well as one of emerging national and international solutions and possibilities. The history can be approached from various angles, including top-down accounts of nations, institutions, and policies, as well as bottom-up accounts of refugees, relief workers, and refugee advocates. The volume encourages a holistic assessment of historical developments and their historiographical afterlives.

Refugees in Twentieth-Century Europe stands as a groundbreaking work, offering the first comprehensive treatment of refugees in Europe of this breadth and depth in over a generation. It serves as an invaluable resource for students studying migration, nationalism, and international diplomacy in 20th-century Europe, providing a comprehensive overview of current research for specialists. As such, it makes a significant contribution to European and international history.

Weight: 428g
Dimension: 158 x 233 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472585615