TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moch,Leslie Page
TI  - The Pariahs of Yesterday: Breton Migrants in Paris 
SN  - 9780822395034
PB  - Duke University Press
KW  - History / Europe / France
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Access copy available to the general public
N2  - 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
UR  - https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/fb54a3c0-662a-4e68-8f61-9894e5f43e13
ER  -