The civilizing mission in the metropole : Algerian families and the French welfare state during decolonization / Amelia H. Lyons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lyons, Amelia H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Algerians--Government policy--France--History--20th century.

Immigrants--Government policy--France--History--20th century.

Welfare state--France--History--20th century.

Algeria--History--Revolution, 1954-1962.

France--History--1945-1958.

France--Colonies--Africa--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 324 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

France, which has the largest Muslim minority community in Europe, has been in the news in recent years because of perceptions that Muslims have not integrated into French society. This book explores the roots of these debates through an examination of the history of social welfare programs for Algerian migrants from the end of World War II until Algeria gained independence in 1962.

Contents:

Civilizing "French Muslims from Algeria"

Instructing the experts : framing the metropolitan "conquest of hearts"

Instructing a "difficult and delicate clientele" : the social services mission

From dormitories to homes : housing workers and families during the Fourth Republic

Services and surveillance : welfare, the police, and the Algerian War

The great "hope" : housing Algerian families at the height of the Algerian War.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780804787147

080478714X

OCLC:

861536313