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29 - English Language and Literature
University of Southampton
Literature, immigration, and diaspora in fin-de-siecle England: a cultural history of the 1905 Aliens Act
This 96,500 word monograph re-evaluates the significance of the 1905 Aliens Act for the history of immigration control by placing it in its broadest cultural and political context. Among the widely dispersed primary sources consulted were private correspondence, political memoranda, legal documents, draft manuscripts, theatre prompt books and advertisements, records of community and charitable associations, as well as extensive work on local and national newspapers and periodicals. The research was carried out in libraries and archives in Britain, Ireland, the USA, and Israel and was supported by the Leverhulme Trust, the AHRC, and a Fellowship at the American Bar Foundation.
