Bringing the Emigration State Back In

The decades between 1948 and 1980 are often remembered as a time of mass immigration, yet almost 2 million more people left Britain than arrived in those years. Mass emigration has been an enduring part Britain's modern history this article explores its effects on British politics. two world wars, the turn to tariffs, joining EEC leaving EU: at these critical junctures, overseas diaspora was mobilised reshape domestic politics transform UK's global political economy. Charting rise, fall afterlife ‘emigration state’ can contribute our understanding events help researchers analyse racism empire