Albert Sarraut and Republican Racial Thought

Between the world wars, France attracted more immigrants per capita than any other country in the world. Roughly 3 million had settled in the Hexagon by 1931, seven percent of the total population according to official statistics. They came primarily from Italy, Poland, and Spain, but also Russia, C...

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Published in:French politics, culture and society culture and society, 2002-09, Vol.20 (3), p.97-114
Main Author: Rosenberg, Clifford
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Behavior
Bias
Colonies
Criticism and interpretation
Dossier: Race and Immigration in Interwar France
Emigration and immigration
France
French literature
History
Immigration Policy
Political aspects
Political migration
Political parties
Politicians
Race
Race relations
Racism
Radical parties
Radicalism
Sarraut, Albert
Social aspects
Social Attitudes
Traditions
United States of America
War
White people
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Summary:Between the world wars, France attracted more immigrants per capita than any other country in the world. Roughly 3 million had settled in the Hexagon by 1931, seven percent of the total population according to official statistics. They came primarily from Italy, Poland, and Spain, but also Russia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Rumania, political refugees and workers alike. France also welcomed a greater non-European minority than any other country on the continent. Well over a hundred thousand arrived, almost exclusively from North Africa, especially Algeria.1 The level of immigration rose so high so fast that many commentators began to worry about the threat of increased crime and miscegenation. Some even feared for the survival of French culture.
ISSN:1537-6370
1558-5271
DOI:10.3167/153763702782369641