Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Immigrant Integration in Western Europe, Then and Now 7
4. PART I: THEN AND NOW: CONVERGENT COMPARISONS
5. Poles and Turks in the German Ruhr Area: Similarities and Differences 27
6. Old and New Migrants in France: Italians and Algerians 46
7. Rural Dimensions at Stake: The Case of Italian Immigrants in Southwestern France 63
8. Assigning the State its Rightful Place? Migration, Integration and the State in Germany 78
9. ‘To Live as Germans Among Germans.’ Immigration and Integration of ‘Ethnic Germans’ in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic 98
10. Aussiedler in Germany: From Smooth Adaptation to Tough Integration 116
11. PART II: HERE AND THERE: DIVERGENT COMPARISONS
12. Polish Berlin: Differences and Similarities with Poles in the Ruhr Area, 1860-1920 139
13. A Passage from India: Trajectories of Economic Integration in London and Mediterranean Europe 158
14. Afro-Caribbean Migrants in France and the United Kingdom 177
15. PART III: INSTITUTIONS AND INTEGRATION
16. Trade Unions and Immigrant Incorporation: The US and Europe Compared 201
17. No More than a Keg of Beer: The Coherence of German Immigrant Communities 222
18. Religious Newcomers and the Nation-State: Flows and Closures 239
19. American Immigrants Look at their Americanisation 262
20. PART IV: CONCLUSION
21. Drawing Up the Balance Sheet 283
22. About the Authors 297
23. References 301
24. Index 333