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In his new book, Andreas Kossert—the renowned expert on emigration and expulsion in the twentieth century and author of the bestselling Cold Home—places the early twenty-first-century refugee movement in a wider historical context. Movingly told and interwoven with personal accounts, The Uprooted: The Refugee in World History reveals the existential experiences of uprootedness and hostility that go hand in hand with losing one's homeland and explains why refugees and displaced persons have always found it so difficult to settle into a new country. Whether they have come from East Prussia, Syria, or India, refugees are agents of world history—and with this book Kossert gives them a voice.
In his new book, Andreas Kossert—the renowned expert on emigration and expulsion in the twentieth century and author of the bestselling Cold Home—places the early twenty-first-century refugee...
In his new book, Andreas Kossert—the renowned expert on emigration and expulsion in the twentieth century and author of the bestselling Cold Home—places the early twenty-first-century refugee movement in a wider historical context. Movingly told and interwoven with personal accounts, The Uprooted: The Refugee in World History reveals the existential experiences of uprootedness and hostility that go hand in hand with losing one's homeland and explains why refugees and displaced persons have always found it so difficult to settle into a new country. Whether they have come from East Prussia, Syria, or India, refugees are agents of world history—and with this book Kossert gives them a voice.
Advance Praise
"By listening to many different voices who have undergone the rigors of displacement and the calamity of exile, Kossert alerts us to both the peculiarities and the universality of the refugee experience. The prose is gripping and the translation compelling. Essential reading for anyone interested in the refugees and their loss." —John Torpey, author of The Invention of the Passport: Surveillance, Citizenship, and the State
"A compelling portrait of a raw human drama that is as old as history itself and yet always contemporary. Kossert charts the contours of a mass phenomenon, but at the center of his pioneering study are individual refugees, their voices and destinies. This is a book for our times." —Christopher Clark, author of Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947
"By listening to many different voices who have undergone the rigors of displacement and the calamity of exile, Kossert alerts us to both the peculiarities and the universality of the refugee...
"By listening to many different voices who have undergone the rigors of displacement and the calamity of exile, Kossert alerts us to both the peculiarities and the universality of the refugee experience. The prose is gripping and the translation compelling. Essential reading for anyone interested in the refugees and their loss." —John Torpey, author of The Invention of the Passport: Surveillance, Citizenship, and the State
"A compelling portrait of a raw human drama that is as old as history itself and yet always contemporary. Kossert charts the contours of a mass phenomenon, but at the center of his pioneering study are individual refugees, their voices and destinies. This is a book for our times." —Christopher Clark, author of Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947
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BISAC Codes
HIS037000 HISTORY / World
SOC066000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees
POL035010 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights
SOC007000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Immigration & Emigration
POL070000 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration
*This page contains affiliate links, so we may earn a small commission when you make a purchase through links on our site at no additional cost to you.
BISAC Codes
HIS037000 HISTORY / World
SOC066000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees
POL035010 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights
SOC007000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Immigration & Emigration
POL070000 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration
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