British Immigration Policy Since 1939 - 9780415136952

Taylor & Francis

The first survey of British Immigration policy to include both its pre-World War Two origins and its development after the crucial 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act. An accessible introduction to a subject of increasing popularity. > \nThis is the first survey of British immigration policy to include both its pre-World War Two origins and its development after the crucial 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act. It is an accessible introduction to a subject of increasing popularity with students and academics. It also integrates the results of extensive archival research. Offering a different perspective to sociological approaches, British Immigration Policy since 1939 will be of interest to historians, political scientists, and those studying public and social policy. > Preface 1 The origins of multi-racial Britain; A twentieth-century story; The first settled communities, 1850\u20131939; Government policy and the growth of communities, 1919\u201339; The Second World War 2 Immigration.