The boundaries of the republic migrant rights and the limits of universalism in France, 1918-1940

Lewis, Mary Dewhurst.

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The boundaries of the republic migrant rights and the limits of universalism in France, 1918-1940 / Mary Dewhurst Lewis. . — Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007..

xv, 361 p. ill., maps 24 cm.

Workers of the World Claim Rights: The Origins and Limitations of France's Guest-Worker Regime -- From Labor Contract to Social Contract: The Impact of the Depression on Migrant Rights in Lyon -- Working the "Marseille System": The Politics of Survival in the Port City -- Privilege and Prejudice: The Invention of a New Immigration Regime in the Mid-1930s -- Refuge or Refusal? The Vicissitudes of Refugee Rights between the Wars -- Subjects, Not Citizens: North African Migrants and the Paradoxes of Republican Imperialism -- The Insecurity State: Migrant Rights and the Threat of War -- Conclusion: Republican France, One and Divisible?

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Foreign workers--Government policy--History--France--20th century.
Immigrants--Government policy--History--France--20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
France--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History--20th century.