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Refuge in the Land of Liberty : France and its Refugees, from the Revolution to the End of Asylum, 1787-1939 /

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This book examines changing responses towards refugees in modern France through French legal, intellectual, political and social history. Critical questions framed debates and policy: whether individuals had a natural human right to receive asylum and whether refugee policy was a matter for national...

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Main Author: Burgess, Greg (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
European History.
History of France.
Modern History.
Political History.
Political Sociology.
History, Modern.
Political sociology.
Social sciences.
World politics.
Europe > History.
France > History.
Electronic books.
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Summary:This book examines changing responses towards refugees in modern France through French legal, intellectual, political and social history. Critical questions framed debates and policy: whether individuals had a natural human right to receive asylum and whether refugee policy was a matter for national government, or international agreement.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 287 pages)
ISBN:9780230582668
DOI:10.1057/9780230582668