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Informationen zum Autor Leslie Page Moch Klappentext Beginning in the 1870s, a great many Bretons-men and women from Brittany, a region in western France-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. The pariah stereotype became outdated. Drawing on demographic records and the writings of physicians, journalists, novelists, lawyers, and social scientists, Moch connects internal migration with national integration. She interprets marriage records, official reports on employment, legal and medical theses, memoirs, and writings from secular and religious organizations in the Breton community. 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. Zusammenfassung Looks at the surge of Bretons who left their homes in Western France in the latter half of the nineteenth century to live and work in Paris. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations and Tables ix Acknowledgments xi Introducing the Pariahs of Yesterday 1 1. Contexts 15 2. A Breton Crowd in Paris: The Beginnings 31 3. The Turn of the Century: A Belle Époque? 69 4. Between the Wars 120 5. A Long Resolution in Postwar Paris 160 Conclusion 179 Appendix. Marriage Records 185 Notes 193 Bibliography 231 Index 251
