Tony Kushner is Professor of History and Director of the Parkes Institute, University of Southampton

• Part I:Introduction1. Britishness, entry and exclusion2. Constructing migrant journeysPart II: Early journeys, 1685–18803. Huguenot journeys: constructing the refugees4. Volga Germans in the late nineteenth century: from refugees to foreign paupersPart III: The Nazi era5. Constructing (another) ideal refugee journey: the KinderPart IV: Colonial and postcolonial journeys7. The Empire Windrush: the making of an iconic British journey8. Stowaways and others: racism and alternative journeys into BritishnessPart V: Conclusions9. Britishness and the nature of migrant journeysBibliographyIndex

Kushner underscores that remembering is above all a political process of selection and exclusion, and that national memories as well as migrant recasting of narratives are part and parcel of this process. Beyond the author's obvious craftsmanship and empathy for his subjects, what emerges from this is the complexity of the struggle for meaning.

Tony Kushner is Professor of History and Director of the Parkes Institute, University of Southampton

• Part I:Introduction1. Britishness, entry and exclusion2. Constructing migrant journeysPart II: Early journeys, 1685–18803. Huguenot journeys: constructing the refugees4. Volga Germans in the late nineteenth century: from refugees to foreign paupersPart III: The Nazi era5. Constructing (another) ideal refugee journey: the KinderPart IV: Colonial and postcolonial journeys7. The Empire Windrush: the making of an iconic British journey8. Stowaways and others: racism and alternative journeys into BritishnessPart V: Conclusions9. Britishness and the nature of migrant journeysBibliographyIndex

Kushner underscores that remembering is above all a political process of selection and exclusion, and that national memories as well as migrant recasting of narratives are part and parcel of this process. Beyond the author's obvious craftsmanship and empathy for his subjects, what emerges from this is the complexity of the struggle for meaning.

Tony Kushner is Professor of History and Director of the Parkes Institute, University of Southampton

• Part I:Introduction1. Britishness, entry and exclusion2. Constructing migrant journeysPart II: Early journeys, 1685–18803. Huguenot journeys: constructing the refugees4. Volga Germans in the late nineteenth century: from refugees to foreign paupersPart III: The Nazi era5. Constructing (another) ideal refugee journey: the KinderPart IV: Colonial and postcolonial journeys7. The Empire Windrush: the making of an iconic British journey8. Stowaways and others: racism and alternative journeys into BritishnessPart V: Conclusions9. Britishness and the nature of migrant journeysBibliographyIndex

Kushner underscores that remembering is above all a political process of selection and exclusion, and that national memories as well as migrant recasting of narratives are part and parcel of this process. Beyond the author's obvious craftsmanship and empathy for his subjects, what emerges from this is the complexity of the struggle for meaning.