Immigrants, Labor Markets, and the State, a Comparative Approach: France and the United States, 1880-1930.

Y

26

Acculturation; Comparative Analysis; Ethnicity; Foreign Countries; Government Role; Higher Education; Immigrants; Immigration; Labor Market; Migration; Public Policy; Unions; Working Class

France; United States

0021-8723

Proposes a comparison of immigration to France and the United States during the period (1880-1930) when industrialization called for a mass working-class migration. Reports that collective immigration in France led to treating foreigners as individuals, while U.S. immigration was understood as an individual act but led to the collective expression of ethnicity. (CMK)

2002

EJ630293