Military migrants : fighting for your country / Vron Ware.
Military migrants : fighting for your country / Vron Ware.
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Full title
Author / Creator
Call Numbers
G 2013/1980
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xxiii, 325 pages : ill. ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
For Queen and Commonwealth -- Part I: The Race to Recruit ; The Promised Land. -- Part II: Culture Shock ; Keeping the Faith. -- Part III: Crossing the Line ; The Force of the Law. -- Part IV: Like Coming to Mars ; Caught in the Crossfire ; Conclusion ; Militarized Multiculture.
Publication information
Place of Publication
England
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"The modern British soldier is routinely portrayed as a hero, while military service is represented as a form of sacrifice that requires recognition from society as a whole. The migrant, in the other hand, remains a focus of resentment, more likely to be seen as a scrounger who drains public resources without giving anything in return. In 1998 the...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Military migrants : fighting for your country / Vron Ware.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Migration, diasporas and citizenship.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-312) and index.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2013/1980
Record Identifier
74Vv5QaXJOMM
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv5QaXJOMM
Other Identifiers
ISBN
1137010029 (hbk.)
9781137010025 (hbk.)
DDC
303.485
MMS ID
991017810979702626
