Making space : neighbors, officials, and North African migrants in the suburbs of Paris and Lyon / Melissa K. Byrnes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byrnes, Melissa K., author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

France overseas

France overseas: studies in empire and decolonization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suburbs--France.

Suburbs.

Suburban life--France.

Suburban life.

North Africans--France--Public opinion.

North Africans.

France--Ethnic relations.

France.

France--Race relations.

France--Emigration and immigration.

Africa, North--Emigration and immigration.

Africa, North.

Physical Description:

xlii, 305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Melissa Byrnes explores the ways local communities in the French suburbs reacted to the growing presence of North African migrants in the decades after World War II and the decolonization of Algeria"-- Provided by publisher.

"Since the 2005 urban protests in France, public debate has often centered on questions of how the country has managed its relationship with its North African citizens and residents. In Making Space Melissa K. Byrnes considers how four French suburbs near Paris and Lyon reacted to rapidly growing populations of North Africans, especially Algerians before, during, and after the Algerian war. In particular, Byrnes investigates what motivated local actors such as municipal officials, regional authorities, employers, and others to become involved in debates over migrants' rights and welfare, and the wide variety of strategies community leaders developed in response to the migrants' presence. An examination of the ways local policies and attitudes formed and re-formed communities offers a deeper understanding of the decisions that led to the current tensions in French society and questions about France's ability-and will-to fulfill the promise of liberty, equality, and fraternity for all of its citizens. Byrnes uses local experiences to contradict a version of French migration history that reads the urban unrest of recent years as preordained. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: a view from the field

List of abbreviations and French terms

The mission to modernize

Politics

In defense of empire

Anti-imperialism

Profit

Solidarity

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-292) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9780803290730

080329073X

9781496237583

1496237587

OCLC:

1396083235