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The Making of the Modern Refugee
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PART 1: EMPIRES OF REFUGEES PART 2: MID-CENTURY MAELSTROM PART 3: REFUGEES IN THE GLOBAL COLD WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH
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- Gatrell, P.
- Corresponding author
- Gatrell, Peter
- ORCID
- Gatrell, Peter
- Venue
- Oxford University Press eBooks
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- Oxford University Press
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- 2013-09-12
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Exile Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Social Sciences › Law › Migration, Racism, and Human Rights
- Keywords
- refugees, refugee history, empire, Cold War, mid-twentieth century, forced migration, refugee policy
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