Colonial Migrants and Racism : Algerians in France, 1900–62

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The First Comprehensive Study In English Of The Earliest And Largest Third-world Migration Into Pre-war Europe. Full Attention Is Given To The Relationship Between The Society Of Emigration, Undermined By Colonialism, And Processes Of Ethnic Organisation In The Metropolitan Context. Contemporary Anti-algerian Racism Is Shown To Have Deep Roots In Moves By Colonial Elites To Control And Police The Migrants And To Segregate Them From Contact With Communism, Nationalist Movements And The French Working Class. Introduction; 1 Colonial Destruction Of Algerian Society; 2 Kabylia And The Migrant Tradition; 3 Emigration: The Early Years, 1905-18; 4 Departure And Employment; 5 Life In The Enclave; 6 Islam And The Village; 7 Working-class Racism; 8 Elite Racism And The Colonial Lobby; 9 Policing And Surveillance In France; 10 Colonial Crisis And Emigration, 1930-54; 11 Emigration And The Algerian War, 1954-62; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index. Neil Macmaster. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 280-297) And Index. "This is the first comprehensive study in English of the earliest and largest 'third-world' migration into Europe. It explores the interrelationship between the colonial destruction of Algerian society and the creation of a reserve of cheap manpower that was tapped by the metropolitan economy and armed forces. The Berber and Arab peasants faced great hardship in the factories and slums of interwar France and responded by organizing social networks based on village and kin structures. The French working class showed hostility to the 'alien' presence but organized racism was largely generated by colonial elites. Attempts were made to police migrants and to segregate them from Communist, nationalist and trade union influences that might be transmitted back to North Africa and undermine the colonial order. Current anti-Arab racism is deeply rooted in this prewar movement to isolate Algerian migrant workers in France by presenting them as barbarian 'invaders', criminals and vectors of dangerous microbes."--BOOK JACKET This monograph discusses the essential principles of the evaporation process by looking at it at the molecular and atomic level. In the first part methods of statistical physics, physical kinetics and numerical modeling are outlined including the Maxwell's distribution function, the Boltzmann kinetic equation, the Vlasov approach, and the CUDA technique. The distribution functions of evaporating particles are then defined. Experimental results on the evaporation coefficient and the temperature jump on the evaporation surface are critically reviewed and compared to the theory and numerical results presented in previous chapters. The book ends with a chapter devoted to evaporation in different processes, such as boiling and cavitation. This monograph addresses graduate students and researchers working on phase transitions and related fields