{"product_id":"beautiful-balts-from-displaced-persons-to-new-australians-paperback","title":"Beautiful Balts: From Displaced Persons to New Australians - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJayne Persian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e170,000 Displaced Persons arrived in Australia between 1947 and 1952 - the first non-Anglo-Celtic mass migrants. Australia's first immigration minister, Arthur Calwell, scoured post-war Europe for refugees, Displaced Persons he characterised as 'Beautiful Balts'. Amid the hierarchies of the White Australia Policy, the tensions of the Cold War and the national need for labour, these people would transform not only Australia's immigration policy, but the country itself. \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Balts \u003c\/i\u003etells the extraordinary story of these Displaced Persons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJayne Persian\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian with a PhD in history from the University of Sydney. Her research focuses on the political, cultural and social history of the 170,000 'Displaced Persons' - predominantly Central and Eastern Europeans - who arrived in Australia as International Refugee Organisation (IRO)-sponsored refugees. Jayne is currently a lecturer in history at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47877449646301,"sku":"9781742234854","price":57.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/G_7aVKTMYm9781742234854.webp?v=1777874001","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/beautiful-balts-from-displaced-persons-to-new-australians-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}