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W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times
Society, Politics & Law

W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times

...migration of the 20th century, black Americans mostly resided in the south - as depicted in Du Bois' original map. Du Bois: forerunner of Cultural Studies Studying a community through a discussion of its culture – songs, habits of life and vignettes of individual lives is prefigured in The Souls of Black Folks.In 1957, Richard Hoggart wrote an account of working-class...
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...migration in recent US history, but those remaining, primarily in areas home to predominantly black and working-class people and with large numbers of elderly people and children, were quickly engulfed by the floodwater. At the time of writing (2008), at least 1000 people are known to have died, while the final death figure may never be known. The estimated costs of...
Social construction and social constructionism
Society, Politics & Law

Social construction and social constructionism

...migrated in, that their origins are somewhere else in terms of where they're born, and all of their understandings, all of their kind of interpretations of the world, are of Pakistan. The consequences of that, for thinking about the issues that are put on the tape was the result of these disturbances, issues of policing, issues of education have come to the foreground and...
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...migration (e.g. lemmings in Scandinavia and Russia). Interesting physiological and behavioural adaptations to these fluctuations in food supply have evolved in some of the larger animals. The vast continent of Antarctica has no indigenous terrestrial vertebrates, although many birds, including penguins, skuas, terns and gulls, and six species of seal spend time on or near...
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...migration - Many historians link the rise of the asylum with the huge social changes of the nineteenth century. Some link the rise to industrialisation and urbanisation, pointing to the fact that asylums grew up in industrial regions and large cities. Frank Rice, for example, argues that in Scotland the great majority of asylums grew up if not within urban centres, then...
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...migrated to South Africa to seek work. Some of this migration was coerced, and these migrants were known as indentured labourers. This was a system of bonded labour introduced after the abolition of slavery in the British empire in 1833. Labourers were recruited from South Asia (as well as China) and signed a contract to work overseas for five years and sometimes more....
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Non-existent countries
Society, Politics & Law

Non-existent countries

...migration and the cultural significance of the nation as home. This is further explored in Conway and Staples's (2015) examination of symbols of nationalism and the creation of ‘Homelands’. Butcher, M and Morris, A (2015) ‘Mapping Home’ in Murji, K (ed) Investigating the Social World 1, Milton Keynes, The Open University Conway, D and Staples, M (2015)...
Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

...migration’ (Kirkup and Winnett, 2012). This was followed by rules and legislation to put this intention into practice, for example the Immigration Acts 2014 and 2016. In setting out to create an environment hostile to people with insecure immigration status, a danger has been that the environment has become hostile to all migrants, regardless of whether or not they are...