Leo Lucassen, David Feldman, and Jochen Oltmer
Immigrant Integration in Western Europe, Then and Now
PART I: THEN AND NOW: CONVERGENT COMPARISONS
Leo Lucassen
Poles and Turks in the German Ruhr Area: Similarities and Differences
Marie-Claude Blanc-Chaléard
Old and New Migrants in France: Italians and Algerians
Laure Teulières
Rural Dimensions at Stake: The Case of Italian Immigrants in Southwestern France
Karen Schönwälder
Assigning the State its Rightful Place? Migration, Integration and the State in Germany
Jochen Oltmer
'To Live as Germans Among Germans.' Immigration and Integration of 'Ethnic Germans' in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic
Barbara Dietz
Aussiedler in Germany: From Smooth Adaptation to Tough Integration
PART II: HERE AND THERE: DIVERGENT COMPARISONS
Dorota Praszalowicz
Polish Berlin: Differences and Similarities with Poles in the Ruhr Area, 1860-1920
Mark-Anthony Falzon
A Passage from India: Trajectories of Economic Integration in London and Mediterranean Europe
Laurence Brown
Afro-Caribbean Migrants in France and the United Kingdom
PART III: INSTITUTIONS AND INTEGRATION
Barbara Schmitter-Heisler
Trade Unions and Immigrant Incorporation: The US and Europe Compared
Marlou Schrover
No More Than a Keg of Beer: The Coherence of German Immigrant Communities
Thijl Sunier
Religious Newcomers and the Nation-State: Flows and Closures
Dorothee Schneider
American Immigrants Look at Their Americanisation
PART IV: CONCLUSION
Leo Lucassen, David Feldman and Jochen Oltmer
Drawing up the Balance Sheet
About the Authors
References
Index