Migrant Britain ― Histories from the 17th to the 21st Centuries; Essays in Honour of Colin Holmes

Britain has largely been in denial of its migrant past - it is often suggested that the arrivals after 1945 represent a new phenomenon and not the continuation of a much longer and deeper trend. There is also an assumption that Britain is a tolerant country towards minorities that distinguishes itself from the rest of Europe and beyond.

The historian who was the first and most important to challenge this dominant view is Colin Holmes who, from the early 1970s onwards, provided a framework for a different interpretation based on detailed scholarship. This challenge came not only through his own work but also that of a 'new school' of students who studied under him and the creation of the journal Immigrants and Minorities in 1982.

This volume not only celebrates this remarkable achievement, but explores the state of migrant historiography (including responses to migrants) in the twenty first century.

Jennifer Craig-Norton is a British Academy Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Southampton, UK, as a member of the Parkes Institute.

Christhard Hoffmann is a Professor of History at the University of Bergen, Norway.

Tony Kushner is a Marcus Sieff Professor of the History of Jewish/non Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton, UK.