TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moch, Leslie Page
AB  - Beginning in the 1870s, a great many Bretons 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. Drawing on demographic records and the writings of physicians, journalists, novelists, lawyers, and social scientists, Moch connects internal migration with national integration. 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.
DO  - 10.26530/oapen_625264
ID  - OAPEN ID: 625264
KW  - History
KW  - Bécassine
KW  - Breton language
KW  - Bretons
KW  - Brittany
KW  - Côtes-d'Armor
KW  - France
KW  - Paris
KW  - Saint-Denis
KW  - Seine-Saint-Denis
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/493da922-91af-47f1-8f45-00da630fcbab/625264.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31771
PB  - Duke University Press
PP  - Durham NC
PY  - 2012-03-01
SN  - 9780822395034
TI  - The Pariahs of Yesterday : Breton Migrants in Paris
ER  - 
