TY - BOOK AU - Gastaut,Yvan TI - French Nationals and Immigrants and the Ordeal of the Crisis (1973-1995) PY - 2004///. N1 - 53 N2 - The oil shock of 1973-74, a turning point in French economic and social history, marked the beginning of a new period in the management of foreigners in France since the end of the Second World War: toughening of immigration policy, closing of frontiers, policy of deportation. This withdrawal reaction, classic if one is to believe the historical work on past periods, was accompanied with a feeling of crisis that surprised French public opinion. Far from being only a stop gap-work force, the foreign workers are rooted in French society: This observation led to reactions that, once past the direct effects of the oil shock on the economic and social life up until 1983-1984, called into question French identity UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-vingtieme-siecle-revue-d-histoire-2004-4-page-107?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -