Paths of Integration Migrants in Western Europe (1880-2004)

In the 1990s, as concern grew in the United States about the integration of large numbers of immigrants, scholars searching for historical parallels looked to the last great period of immigration, ffrom 1880 to 1914. That example, however, is generally viewed as inapplicable to the current immigration debates in Europe. "Paths of Integration" turns this conventional wisdom on its head, arguing that the history of European migration more closely parallels the U.S. experience than most realize, due to the largely ignored, but extensive, intra-European migration of the same period. By placing the European and U.S. examples side by side, the contributors to this volume offer long-term insights on a question that will be of great importance in the coming decades.Lucassen, Leo is the author of 'Paths of Integration Migrants in Western Europe (1880-2004)', published 2006 under ISBN 9789053568835 and ISBN 9053568832.