Paths of Integration
Migrants in Western Europe (1880-2004)
Published on 20. April 2006
343 pages
978-90-485-0424-4 (ISBN)
Description
A timely overview of issues in the current debates on immigration, from parallels between American and European migration patterns to the role of Islam in contemporary social dynamics
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Digital original
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English
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
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Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
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Digital original
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1,31 MB
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978-90-485-0424-4 (9789048504244)
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Persons
Leo Lucassen is professor of social history at the University of Leiden and associate professor at the University of Amsterdam. David Feldman is senior lecturer at Birkbeck College, University of London. Jochen Oltmer is affiliated with the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies at the University of Osnabrueck.
Content
Leo Lucassen, David Feldman, and Jochen Oltmer Immigrant Integration in Western Europe, Then and Now PART I: THEN AND NOW: CONVERGENT COMPARISONS Leo Lucassen Poles and Turks in the German Ruhr Area: Similarities and Differences Marie-Claude Blanc-Chaleard Old and New Migrants in France: Italians and Algerians Laure Teulieres Rural Dimensions at Stake: The Case of Italian Immigrants in Southwestern France Karen Schoenwaelder Assigning the State its Rightful Place? Migration, Integration and the State in Germany Jochen Oltmer 'To Live as Germans Among Germans.' Immigration and Integration of 'Ethnic Germans' in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic Barbara Dietz Aussiedler in Germany: From Smooth Adaptation to Tough Integration PART II: HERE AND THERE: DIVERGENT COMPARISONS Dorota Praszalowicz Polish Berlin: Differences and Similarities with Poles in the Ruhr Area, 1860-1920 Mark-Anthony Falzon A Passage from India: Trajectories of Economic Integration in London and Mediterranean Europe Laurence Brown Afro-Caribbean Migrants in France and the United Kingdom PART III: INSTITUTIONS AND INTEGRATION Barbara Schmitter-Heisler Trade Unions and Immigrant Incorporation: The US and Europe Compared Marlou Schrover No More Than a Keg of Beer: The Coherence of German Immigrant Communities Thijl Sunier Religious Newcomers and the Nation-State: Flows and Closures Dorothee Schneider American Immigrants Look at Their Americanisation PART IV: CONCLUSION Leo Lucassen, David Feldman and Jochen Oltmer Drawing up the Balance Sheet About the Authors References Index
