This ground-breaking study integrates the history of both emigration from and immigration to the United Kingdom. Drawing attention to the volume and longevity of British emigration, Settlers at the end of empire analyses the development of racialised migration regimes in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe), from the Second World War to the collapse of the apartheid regime in 1994.
White emigration from the United Kingdom and the arrival of increasing numbers of Commonwealth migrants of colour were both cast as signs of national decline. In fact, many emigrants cited the arrival of migrants of colour as a factor in their decision to leave. Meanwhile,South Africa and Rhodesia moved from selective immigration policies in the 1940s and 1950s to an intensive recr
