Refugees and the Nation-State in Europe, 1919–59. (July 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Frank, Matthew; Reinisch, Jessica
• Other Names: Frank Matthew guest-editor.; Reinisch Jessica guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of contemporary history. Volume 49:Number 3(2014:Jul.)
• Page Start: 477
• Page End: 490
• Publication Date: 2014-07
• Subjects: Refugees -- Europe -- post-war; History, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals; History, Modern -- 21st century -- Periodicals; 909.82
• DOI: 10.1177/0022009414529318
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-0094

Abstract

This special issue examines how refugees and refugee crises were defined and managed by European nation-states in the four decades after the end of the First World War. Our introduction sketches out the broad historical canvas of the refugee problem in Europe and highlights a number of overarching themes of and comparisons between the papers.