The Unwanted: European Refugees in the Twentieth Century

by Michael R. Marrus

Book Overview

This is the first comprehensive treatment of a problem of staggering proportions. There have always been homeless people but only in the twentieth century have refugees become an important part of international politics, seriously affecting relations between states. Since the 1880's, the numbers of displaced persons has climbed astronomically, with people scattered over vaster distances and for longer periods of time than ever before. Marrus traces...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195036158
• ISBN13: 9780195036152
• Release Date: September 1985
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.6" x 9.5"