The American Historical Review · 1971 · 53 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesHistorySociologyImmigration StudiesJewish StudiesSocial HistoryDiaspora HistoriesEthnic GroupsEthnography Of MigrationJewish CommunitiesJewish HistoryMigration HistoryAssimilation TheoryImmigrant Community HistoryIntra-european MigrationJewish Community FormationJewish Diaspora HistoryTransoceanic Migration
Thomas and Znaniecki were perhaps the first to suggest the importance of studying intra-European immigrant communities as well as transoceanic ones, for a more complete picture of the migration and sub-community ex? perience. This book, studying the French Jewish community in the 1890s?a community of old settlers and new immigrants?adds a worthwhile piece to that overall picture. The similarities and differences between the French Jewish community and other minority communities in other nations are in?