Immigrants in two democracies : French and American experience / edited by Donald L. Horowitz and Gérard Noiriel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horowitz, Donald L.

Noiriel, Gérard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--United States.

Immigrants.

United States--Emigration and immigration.

United States.

Immigrants--France.

France--Emigration and immigration.

France.

Emigration and immigration.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung

Physical Description:

x, 497 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, ©1992.

Contents:

Immigration and group relations in France and America / Donald L. Horowitz

Thinking about immigration and ethnicity in the United States / Lawrence H. Fuchs

Difficulties in French historical research on immigration / Gérard Noiriel

American ethnic statistics / Stephan Thernstrom

French immigration statistics / Roxane Silberman

Immigrants and schooling in the United States / Maris A. Vinovskis

The French education system : springboard or obstacle to integration? / Danielle Boyzon-Fradet

Immigration, religion, and intergroup relations : historical perspectives on the American experience / Philip Gleason

Islam and Catholicism in French immigration / Michel Oriol

"Of Plymouth Rock and Jamestown and Ellis Island;" or, ethnic literature and some redefinitions of "America" / Werner Sollors

Immigrant housing and integration in French cities / Véronique de Rudder

The new immigration and the American city / Nathan Glazer.

French citizens and immigrants in the workplace : marginality of the subject, marginality of the research? / Maryse Tripier

Socioeconomic attainment / Stanley Lieberson

Immigration, refugee, and citizenship law in the United States / Peter H. Schuck

Historic elements of the politics of nationality in France (1889-1989) / André-Clément Decouflé

Immigration status and American law : the several versions of antidiscrimination doctrine / Lance Liebman

Discrimination against foreigners under French law / Danièle Lochak

National and local politics and the development of immigration policy in the United States and France : a comparative analysis / Sophie Body-Gendrot, Martin A. Schain

International population movements : implications for foreign policies and migration policies / Myron Weiner.

Notes:

"An American Academy of Arts and Sciences book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

ISBN:

0814734790

9780814734797

OCLC:

24142751

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