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Mary Dewhurst Lewis - The Boundaries of the Republic: Migrant Rights and the Limits of Universalism in France, 1918-1940 - 9780804755825 - V9780804755825
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The Boundaries of the Republic: Migrant Rights and the Limits of Universalism in France, 1918-1940

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Description for The Boundaries of the Republic: Migrant Rights and the Limits of Universalism in France, 1918-1940 Hardback. In this first comprehensive history of immigrant inequality in France, Mary D. Lewis chronicles the conflicts arising from mass immigration between the First and Second World Wars, the uneven rights arrangements that emerged during this time, and their legacy for contemporary France. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 tables, 3 figures, 8 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; 3JJH; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.

After the devastation of the First World War, France welcomed immigrants on an unprecedented scale. To manage these new residents, the French government devised Europe's first guest worker program, then encouraged family settlements and finally cracked down on all foreigners on the eve of the Second World War. Despite France's famous doctrine of universal rights, these policies were egalitarian only in theory, not in reality. Mary Dewhurst Lewis uncovers the French Republic's hidden history of inequality as she reconstructs the life stories of immigrants—from their extraordinary successes to their sometimes heartbreaking failures as they attempted to secure basic rights. Situating ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
589g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804755825
SKU
V9780804755825
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About Mary Dewhurst Lewis
Mary Dewhurst Lewis is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University, where she teaches in the History Department.

Reviews for The Boundaries of the Republic: Migrant Rights and the Limits of Universalism in France, 1918-1940
"Lewis has written a fine book about France's conflicted dealings with its own history of immigration, and has shown how and why the issue is so central to any understanding of that nation's history as a whole."
American Historical Review "Lewis...has written a still richer, more complex work, [and] has caught the intricate interplay that influenced immigration (and refugee) ... Read more

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