Panikos Panayi Bücher

Focusing on elite German migrants to India between 1815 and 1920, the book explores the roles of missionaries, scholars, scientists, businessmen, and travelers in shaping cultural and intellectual exchanges. It presents a fresh perspective on global migration during this period, highlighting the contributions and experiences of these individuals in a historical context. Through their journeys, the narrative reveals the complexities of migration and its impact on both the migrants and the host society.

Focusing on Germany's postwar development, this volume provides a comprehensive reassessment of the nation's journey to reunification. It delves into the economic, political, and social policies that shaped the country from its inception to reunification, highlighting both challenges and benefits. By analyzing these aspects, the book aims to offer a nuanced perspective on the implications of reunification, addressing the complexities often overshadowed by current issues.

Focusing on the experiences of ethnic minorities in post-war Europe, this comprehensive history explores various categories, including immigrants, refugees, and localized groups. Drawing from extensive research, it spans a wide geographical range from the Atlantic to the Urals and the Mediterranean to the Arctic, with particular attention to regions like the Soviet Union, Britain, France, Germany, Romania, Cyprus, and the former Yugoslavia. The book offers a unique ethnic perspective on the continent's history since 1945.

From the arrival of Italian ice-cream vendors and German pork butchers, to the rise of curry as the national dish, this book reveals the fascinating multicultural history of British food over the last 150 years, showing how a combination of immigration, increased wealth and globalization have transformed the eating habits of the British.

During the First World War hundreds of thousands of Germans faced incarceration in hundreds of camps on the British mainland. This is the first book on these German prisoners, almost a century after the conflict. The book covers the three different types of internees in Britain in the form of: civilians already present in the country in August 1914; civilians brought to Britain from all over the world; and combatants. Using a vast range of contemporary British and German sources the volume traces life experiences through initial arrest and capture to life behind barbed wire to return to Germany or to the remnants of the ethnically cleansed German community in Britain. The book will prove essential reading for anyone interested in the history of prisoners of war or the First World War and will also appeal to scholars and students of twentieth-century Europe and the human consequences of war.

The period between 1929 and 1949 is arguably the most traumatic and destructive in the history of Germany. Using vital primary sources, archival material and revealing interviews, Panikos Panayi presents an extraordinary analysis of the experiences of, and relationships between, native ethnic Germans, German refugees from Eastern Europe, German Jews, Romanies and foreigners in the German town of Osnabrück during these turbulent years. Written from the perspective of everyday life, this is the first major study of the dramatic changes that took place from the end of the Weimar Republic and the period of Hitler's ascendancy, to the Second World War, the defeat of the Nazis and the beginning of the Federal Republic, all as seen through the experiences of the different socio-ethnic groups. The story of Osnabrück is the story of the tragedy that engulfed Germany in the first half of the twentieth century and, in doing so, defined a generation.

German-speaking people have always lived, either as temporary or as long-term residents, in the British Isles. While the majority of the visitors arrived to pursue trade, others came for a wide variety of reasons. In the sixteenth century German reformers came to promote Protestantism. In 1714 the Elector of Hanover came because he had inherited the crown. In Victorian times Karl Marx wrote Das Kapital in the British Museum.The nineteenth century was perhaps the highpoint in the history of German settlement, with the establishment of widespread German communities and organisations. The First World War, and a combinations of official and unofficial hostility, destroyed most of these communities. During the interwar years both Nazis and Jewish refugees from Nazism entered the country. Since the war, professionals have formed the basis of the German community.The present volume traces the history of German settlement through a series of essays designed to cover each period and to analyse specific aspects. Germans in Britain Since 1500 represents a unique history of an immigrant grouping in Britain over almost 500 years.

The book explores the historical roots of immigration, ethnicity, multiculturalism, and racism in Britain, tracing their influence from the 19th century to the present. It highlights how various immigrant groups, including the Irish, Germans, and East European Jews, have shaped British society long before the post-World War II influx. By examining these dynamics, the work sheds light on the complexities of British identity and the ongoing discourse surrounding these critical social issues.

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A comprehensive study of the German immigrant community in Britain during the 19th century.