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Item Details
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THE FRENCH MELTING POT
IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP AND NATIONAL IDENTITY |
| By: |
Gerard Noiriel, Charles Tilly (Foreword), Geoffroy De Laforcade (Trans) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£17.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0816624208 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780816624201 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
24 May, 1996 |
| Series: |
Contradictions of Modernity S. v. 5 |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Translated from: |
French |
| Description: |
Since the 1960s, a large influx of immigrants from southern Europe and Africa has transformed French society. A comparison with the United States and other countries, this volume looks at the issues behind France's denial of its immigrant past. |
| Synopsis: |
France is now a nation of immigrants. During the past thirty years, a large influx of immigrants from southern Europe and Africa has transformed French society to the point that one-third of the people currently living there have foreign-born parents or grandparents. An incisive comparison with the United States and other countries, this study looks at the issues behind France's denial of its immigrant past. Since the mid-1980s, immigration has surged to the forefront of public consciousness, leading to a growth of the nativist far right. Through a thematic exploration of the immigrant experience in France, Gerard Noiriel interweaves a discussion of past events with current issues. Among the topics discussed are why French historians and descendants of immigrants have traditionally sidestepped the immigration question; the importance and diversity of various waves of migration to France; the roles played by immigrants in the economic, social, and cultural development of the country; and the causes of periodic outbursts of xenophobia. Employing paradigms from history, sociology, and legal studies, the book also illuminates the cultural meaning of the American "melting pot". |
| Illustrations: |
5 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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