This text analyzes post-war Caribbean migration to Britain. It examines the historical context and Britain as the chosen destination - both on an national level and a local level, and taking Leicester as the subject of its inquiry.
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978-1-85628-615-2 (9781856286152)
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Toward a theoretical framework for analyzing Caribbean migration; the historical context - Caribbean migration from emancipation to the Second World War; the organization of un-recruited migration from the Caribbean to Britain; Britain as post-war migrant destination - the national scale and the Leicester locality; the occupation experience - change and continuity for Nevisian migrants in Leicester; the housing question - Caribbean migrants and the British housing market; return to Nevis - myth and reality; conclusion.