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  • Troubled Waters

    Borders, boundaries and possession in the Timor Sea

    by Ruth Balint ...
    Joint winner of the Australian/Vogel's Literary Award 2003.Troubled Waters tells the story of Australia's northern waters and their dramatic transformation in the twentieth century from a backwater to the most militarised and fiercely guarded region in Australia. Once a bridge between two coastlines and two cultures, the Timor Sea has become, in the last years of the twentieth century, the nation ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Russians in Cold War Australia

    by Sheila Fitzpatrick, Phillip Deery, Ruth Balint, Boris Frankel, Elena Govor, Ellen Gray, Justine Greenwood, Philip Mendes, Mara Moustafine0, Ebony Nilsson1, Jayne Persian2, Nicholas Pitt3 ...
    Series series The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series
    Russians in Cold War Australia explores the time during the Cold War when Russian displaced persons, including former Soviet citizens, were amongst the hundreds of thousands of immigrants given assisted passage to Australia and other Western countries in the wake of the Second World War. With the Soviet Union and Australia as enemies, skepticism surrounding the immigrants' avowed anti-communism ... Read more

    Was $109.99 USD Now $32.39 USD

  • Destination Elsewhere

    Displaced Persons and Their Quest to Leave Postwar Europe

    by Ruth Balint ...
    In this unique "history from below," Destination Elsewhere chronicles encounters between displaced persons in Europe and the Allied agencies who were tasked with caring for them after the Second World War. The struggle to define who was a displaced person and who was not was a subject of intense debate and deliberation among humanitarians, international law experts, immigration planners, and ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Smuggled

    An Illegal History of Journeys to Australia

    by Julie Kalman, Ruth Balint ...
    Uncover the untold stories of refugees and their smugglers in Australia's immigration history.People smugglers are often demonized, but Smuggled reveals a rich history beyond the headlines. This book recounts the journeys of refugees to Australia since World War II, from Holocaust survivors to those fleeing Vietnam, the Middle East, and Africa.Based on original research and personal interviews, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • When Migrants Fail to Stay

    New Histories on Departures and Migration

    Edited by Dr Ruth Balint, Joy Damousi, Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick ...
    Series series New Directions in Social and Cultural History
    The aftermath of the Second World War marked a radical new moment in the history of migration. For the millions of refugees stranded in Europe, China and Africa, it offered the possibility of mobility to the 'new world' of the West; for countries like Australia that accepted them, it marked the beginning of a radical reimagining of its identity as an immigrant nation. For the next few decades, ... Read more

    $32.39 USD