‘Along Footpaths over Snow-Covered Mountains…’ Historical Perspectives on Migration Journeys across the France–Italy Border (1945-1960)
The goal of this article is to examine the processes that (both legal and illegal) migration flows across the French-Italian Alps entailed between 1945 and 1960, a period that covers the last big wave of Italian emigration to France. Beyond the analysis of public policies aimed at selecting and mana...
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| description | The goal of this article is to examine the processes that (both legal and illegal) migration flows across the French-Italian Alps entailed between 1945 and 1960, a period that covers the last big wave of Italian emigration to France. Beyond the analysis of public policies aimed at selecting and managing “desirable migrants”, the study of individual journeys made through a cross-border micro-area – that is, the Aosta and Suse valleys, Beaufortain, Briançonnais and Maurienne – enriches our understanding of mobility phenomena. Special care is taken to show, through eyewitness accounts, the experiences of people involved in the migration. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f70b8094d3634ec981cc95baed2dea7a2024-02-14T15:04:15ZengInstitut de Géographie AlpineRevue de Géographie Alpine0035-11211760-7426108210.4000/rga.7121‘Along Footpaths over Snow-Covered Mountains…’ Historical Perspectives on Migration Journeys across the France–Italy Border (1945-1960)Philippe HanusThe goal of this article is to examine the processes that (both legal and illegal) migration flows across the French-Italian Alps entailed between 1945 and 1960, a period that covers the last big wave of Italian emigration to France. Beyond the analysis of public policies aimed at selecting and managing “desirable migrants”, the study of individual journeys made through a cross-border micro-area – that is, the Aosta and Suse valleys, Beaufortain, Briançonnais and Maurienne – enriches our understanding of mobility phenomena. Special care is taken to show, through eyewitness accounts, the experiences of people involved in the migration.https://journals.openedition.org/rga/7121Alpsmountainsirregular migrationborder controlcandidate selection processItalians |
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| title | ‘Along Footpaths over Snow-Covered Mountains…’ Historical Perspectives on Migration Journeys across the France–Italy Border (1945-1960) |
| title_full | ‘Along Footpaths over Snow-Covered Mountains…’ Historical Perspectives on Migration Journeys across the France–Italy Border (1945-1960) |
| title_fullStr | ‘Along Footpaths over Snow-Covered Mountains…’ Historical Perspectives on Migration Journeys across the France–Italy Border (1945-1960) |
| title_full_unstemmed | ‘Along Footpaths over Snow-Covered Mountains…’ Historical Perspectives on Migration Journeys across the France–Italy Border (1945-1960) |
| title_short | ‘Along Footpaths over Snow-Covered Mountains…’ Historical Perspectives on Migration Journeys across the France–Italy Border (1945-1960) |
| title_sort | along footpaths over snow covered mountains historical perspectives on migration journeys across the france italy border 1945 1960 |
| topic | Alps mountains irregular migration border control candidate selection process Italians |
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