Moving lives: narratives of nation and migration among Europeans in post-war Britain

摘要

Burrell's book Moving lives is a powerful counter-argument against those globalization theories that downplay the role of nation-states in our modern societies. Taking three migrant groups living in Leicester - Poles, Greek-Cypriots and Italians - Burrell tests the applicability of national identity theories to migrants and artfully uncovers the complexity of migrants' national identity