Pariahs of Yesterday : Breton Migrants in Paris / Leslie Page Moch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moch, Leslie Page, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migration, Internal.

Rural-urban migration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 255 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Pariahs of Yesterday

Place of Publication:

Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Beginning in the 1870s, a great many Bretons-men and women from Brittany, a region in western France-began arriving in Paris. Every age has its pariahs, and in 1900, the "pariahs of Paris" were the Bretons, the last distinct group of provincials to come en masse to the capital city. The pariah designation took hold in Paris, in Brittany, and among historians. Yet the derision of recent migrants can be temporary. Tracing the changing status of Bretons in Paris since 1870, Leslie Page Moch demonstrates that state policy, economic trends, and the attitudes of established Parisians and Breton newcomers evolved as the fortunes of Bretons in the capital improved. The pariah stereotype became outdated. Drawing on demographic records and the writings of physicians, journalists, novelists, lawyers, and social scientists, Moch connects internal migration with national integration. She interprets marriage records, official reports on employment, legal and medical theses, memoirs, and writings from secular and religious organizations in the Breton community. As the pariahs of yesterday, Bretons are an example of successful integration into Parisian life. At the same time, their experiences show integration to be a complicated and lengthy process.

Contents:

Introducing the pariahs of yesterday

Contexts

A Breton crowd in Paris : the beginnings

The turn of the century : a belle époque?

Between the wars

A long resolution in postwar Paris

Conclusion

Appendix: marriage records.

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

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ISBN:

1-4780-9156-8

OCLC:

1326208739