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Author Weil, Patrick, 1956-

Title How to be French : nationality in the making since 1789 / Patrick Weil ; translated by Catherine Porter
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2008

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Description xii, 438 pages : maps, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Contents From the old regime to the civil code : the two revolutions in French nationality -- The triumph of jus soli (1803-1889) -- Naturalization comes to the aid of the nation (1889-1940) -- Vichy : a racist and anti-semitic nationality policy -- The difficult reestablishment of republican legislation -- The Algerian crisis in French nationality -- Jus soli versus jus sanguinis : the false opposition between French and German law -- Discrimination within nationality law -- How does one become or remain French? French nationality in practice
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [411]-427) and index
Subject Citizenship -- France -- History.
Author Porter, Catherine, 1941-
LC no. 2008028480
ISBN 9780822343486 cloth alkaline paper
0822343487 cloth alkaline paper
9780822343318 paperback alkaline paper
0822343312 paperback alkaline paper
Other Titles Qu'est-ce qu'un Français? English