<description>&lt;p&gt;During the post war decades, migration from Britain's colonies in the Caribbean to the UK grew considerably. There are well documented 'pull' factors that led to this, including a deep sense of identification that many Jamaicans, Barbadians and others felt for the 'mother country'. However, long term structural economic hardships, the effects of a devastating hurricane in 1944 and the lack of any real prospect of migration to America after 1952 created powerful 'push' factors towards Britain.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;This episode of the Explaining History podcast explores these issues through Eddie Chambers' excellent cultural history of Black Britain, Roots and Culture&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Become a member at &lt;a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="https://plus.acast.com/s/explaininghistory"&gt;https://plus.acast.com/s/explaininghistory&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

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Roots and Culture - the draw of Britain in the 1940s

During the post war decades, migration from Britain's colonies in the Caribbean to the UK grew considerably. There are well documented 'pull' factors that led to this, including a deep sense of identification that many Jamaicans, Barbadians and others felt for the 'mother country'. However, long term structural economic hardships, the effects of a devastating hurricane in 1944 and the lack of any real prospect of migration to America after 1952 created powerful 'push' factors towards Britain. This episode of the Explaining History podcast explores these issues through Eddie Chambers' excellent cultural history of Black Britain, Roots and Culture Become a member at <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="https://plus.acast.com/s/explaininghistory">https://plus.acast.com/s/explaininghistory</a>.

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Black Britain 1948-89: Economic drivers of migration

Black Britain 1948-89: Economic drivers of migration

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