'They more or less blended in with society': Changing attitudes to European migrant workers in post-war Lancashire

Immigrants and Minorities

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-72

  Phillips, Simon ^a   Abendstern, Michele ^a   Hallett, C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cotton industry; Displacement; European volunteer workers; Lancashire

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LABOR MIGRATION; PERCEPTION; POST-WAR; SOCIAL HISTORY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LANCASHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 34848916096     PISSN: 02619288     EISSN: 17440521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02619280701630979     Document Type: Article

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