How to Be French: Nationality in the Making since 1789

by Patrick Weil and Catherine Porter

How to Be French is a magisterial history of French nationality law from 1789 to the present, written by Patrick Weil, one of France's foremost historians. First published in France in 2002, it is filled with captivating human dramas, with legal professionals, and with statesmen including La Fayette, Napoleon, Clemenceau, de Gaulle, and Chirac. France has long pioneered nationality policies. It was France that first made the parent's nationality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822343312
• ISBN13: 9780822343318
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"