Description: This book is the first to study the British expatriate community in Spain and explodes popular stereotypes of 'Brits abroad'. This is instead a rich account of who migrates, their reasons for migration and the daily realities of expat life.
Review Quotes: "her account not only fills and ethnographic gap with respect to this particular community but also draws attention to the field of leisure migration...O'Rielly's study [is] both welcome and necessary."
-american ethnologist, volume 29 number 4 november 2002
"As the first major ethnographic study of British migrants in Spain, "The British on the Costa Del Sol is to be welcomed for the light it sheds on an important but hitherto poorly researched subject. It is a valuable addition to the literature on the ethnicity and European migration, as well as on tourism in its mass and long-stay forms. As a pleasant bonus, it also happens to be a very enjoyable read.."
-Canadian Journal of Sociology Online, September 2001.