Unnaturally French : foreign citizens in the Old Regime and after /

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Author / Creator:Sahlins, Peter.
Imprint:Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2004.
Description:xiv, 454 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5064710
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ISBN:0801441420 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801488397 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-445) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Citizenship, Immigration, and Nationality Avant La Lettre
  • Pt. 1. Foreigners and Citizens in Early Modern France
  • 1. The Making of the Absolute Citizen
  • 2. The Letter of Naturalization in the Old Regime
  • 3. The Use and Abuse of Naturalization
  • Pt. 2. A Social History of Foreign Citizens, 1660-1789
  • 4. Status and Socioprofessional Identities
  • 5. Geographic Origins and Residence
  • 6. Temporal Patterns of Naturalization
  • Pt. 3. The Citizenship Revolution from the Old to the New Regime
  • 7. From Law to Politics before the French Revolution
  • 8. Naturalization and the Droit d'Aubaine from the French Revolution to the Bourbon Restoration
  • Conclusion: Ending the Old Regime in 1819
  • App. 1. Sources of the Statistical Study of Naturalizations, 1660-1790
  • App. 2. Treaties with France Abolishing or Exempting Foreigners from the Droit d'Aubaine, 1753-1791.