Mary Chamberlain explores the nature and meaning of migration for Barbadians who migrated to Britain and elsewhere in this oral and social history, based on life-story interviews across three or more generations of Barbadian families.

Part One; Introduction; 1: Migration and Modernity; 2: From the Panama Canal to the Regent's Canal; 3: Family Narratives and Migration Dynamics; 4: Narratives of Exile and Return; 5: Gender and the Narratives of Migration; 6: Absence and the 'Consolation of Freedom'; Part Two; Introduction; 7: Family One; 8: Family Two; 9: Family Three; 10: Family Four; 11: Family Five