Paths of Integration: Migrants in Western Europe (1880-2004)

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2006

Paths of Integration

Migrants in Western Europe (1880-2004)

Edited by: Leo Lucassen , David Feldman and Jochen Oltmer

In the series IMISCOE Research

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048504244

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About this book

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

Author / Editor information

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 Osnabrück.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Immigrant Integration in Western Europe, Then and Now Leo Lucassen, David Feldman and Jochen Oltmer Open Access Download PDF	7
PART I: THEN AND NOW: CONVERGENT COMPARISONS
Poles and Turks in the German Ruhr Area: Similarities and Differences Leo Lucassen Open Access Download PDF	27
Old and New Migrants in France: Italians and Algerians Marie-Claude Blanc-Chaléard Open Access Download PDF	46
Rural Dimensions at Stake: The Case of Italian Immigrants in Southwestern France Laure Teulières Open Access Download PDF	63
Assigning the State its Rightful Place? Migration, Integration and the State in Germany Karen Schönwälder Open Access Download PDF	78
‘To Live as Germans Among Germans.’ Immigration and Integration of ‘Ethnic Germans’ in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic Jochen Oltmer Open Access Download PDF	98
Aussiedler in Germany: From Smooth Adaptation to Tough Integration Barbara Dietz Open Access Download PDF	116
PART II: HERE AND THERE: DIVERGENT COMPARISONS
Polish Berlin: Differences and Similarities with Poles in the Ruhr Area, 1860-1920 Dorota Praszałowicz Open Access Download PDF	139
A Passage from India: Trajectories of Economic Integration in London and Mediterranean Europe Mark-Anthony Falzon Open Access Download PDF	158
Afro-Caribbean Migrants in France and the United Kingdom Laurence Brown Open Access Download PDF	177
PART III: INSTITUTIONS AND INTEGRATION
Trade Unions and Immigrant Incorporation: The US and Europe Compared Barbara Schmitter-Heisler Open Access Download PDF	201
No More than a Keg of Beer: The Coherence of German Immigrant Communities Marlou Schrover Open Access Download PDF	222
Religious Newcomers and the Nation-State: Flows and Closures Thijl Sunier Open Access Download PDF	239
American Immigrants Look at their Americanisation Dorothee Schneider Open Access Download PDF	262
PART IV: CONCLUSION
Drawing Up the Balance Sheet Leo Lucassen, David Feldman and Jochen Oltmer Open Access Download PDF	283
About the Authors Open Access Download PDF	297
References Open Access Download PDF	301
Index Open Access Download PDF	333

Languages: English, English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 343

eBook

Published: April 20, 2006
ISBN: 9789048504244