The disentanglement of populations: migration, expulsion and displacement in postwar Europe, 1944-49

An examination of population movements, both forced and voluntary, within thebroader context of Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War, in both Western and Eastern Europe. The authors bring to life problems of war and post-war chaos, and assess lasting social, political and demographic consequences. JESSICA REINISCH Lecturer in European History at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. She is the author of 'Public Health in Germany under Allied Occupation' (Rochester University Press); co-editor with Mark Mazower and David Feldman of 'Postwar reconstruction in Europe' (OUP); and co-editor with David Cesarani, Susanne Bardgett and J-D Steinert of two volumes on survivors ofthe Holocaust, entitled 'Landscapes after battle' (Vallentine Mitchell). She was also guest editor of a special issue of the 'Journal of Contemporary History' on 'Relief in the Aftermath of War'. ELIZABETH WHITE Lecturer in International History at the University of Ulster, UK. As well as working on postwar Leningrad, she has recently published a monograph on Russian revolutionary politics, 'The Socialist Alternative to Bolshevism: The Socialist Revolutionary Party in Emigration, 1921-39', (Routledge). Her current research is on childhood in the Russian emigration, focusing on cultural practices and national identity. INDICE: - List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Notes on Contributors- Introduction; 'J.Reinisch - 'PART I: EXPLAINING POSTWAR DISPLACEMENT - Trajectories of Population Displacement in the Aftermaths of Two World Wars; 'P.Gatrell' - Reconstructing the Nation-State: Population Transfer in East-Central Europe, 1944-48; 'M.Frank' - PART II: EXPULSIONS AND FORCED TRANSFERS - ForcedMigration of German Populations During and After the Second World War: History and Memory;' R.Schulze' - The Exodus of Italians from Istria and Dalmatia 1945-56; 'G.Corni' - Evacuation Versus Repatriation: the Polish-Ukrainian Population Exchange, 1944-1946;' C.Gousseff' - PART III: NATIONAL AND ETHNIC PROJECTS - 'National Refugees', Displaced Persons and the Reconstruction of Italy: the Case of Trieste; 'P.Ballinger' - Return, Displacement and Revenge: Majorities and Minorities in Osnabrück at the End of the Second World War; 'P.Panayi' -Stateless Citizens of Israel: Jewish DPs and Zionism in Postwar Germany;' A.Patt' - PART IV: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT - German Refugees and Labour in the Soviet Zone of Germany, 1945-1949; 'J.Reinisch' - From Displaced Persons to Labourers: Allied Employment Policies in Postwar West Germany; 'S.Salvatici ' - British Migration Policy and Displaced Persons in Europe; 'J-D.Steinert' - PART V:CHILDREN - The Return of Evacuated Children to Leningrad, 1944-46;' E.White' - Relocating Children During the Greek Civil War, 1946-1949: State Strategies and Propaganda;' L.Hassiotis' - Epilogue:' 'A Disorder of Peoples: the Uncertain Ground of Reconstruction in 1945; 'G.Eley - 'Bibliography - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-22204-5
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 384
• Fecha Publicación: 26/01/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido