Europe between Migrations, Decolonization and Integration (1945-1992)

Download or read book Europe between Migrations, Decolonization and Integration (1945-1992) written by Giuliana Laschi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-20 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph addresses mobility and migrations as contributing phenomena in shaping contemporary Europe after 1945, in connection with decolonisation and the creation of the European Community. The disappearing of the colonial empires caused a large movement of people (former colonizers as well as formerly colonized people) from the extra-European countries to the "Old continent"; while the European integration project encouraged the movement of the citizens within the Community. The book retraces how, in both cases, migrations and mobility impacted the way national communities, as well as the European one, have been defining themselves and their real and imaginary boundaries.