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The book Retour de Babel questions the biblical castigation by increasing the understanding of the fundamental role that migrations played in the economic, social and cultural development, from the middle of the XVIII-th century to our days.

More than sixty contemporary portraits realised based on interviews, about thirty historical portraits realised based on archives, many historical, sociological, contextual texts, hundreds of photographs. The whole articulates with the exhibition according to four stages: Leaving, Arriving, Staying and Being.

The first book, Leaving, evokes the reasons of departure: in search of a better life, rural migration, family regrouping, exile.

The second book, Arriving, testimonies through various spaces like the workplaces, the schools, the churches, the associations, the trade unions, the family, the neighberhoud of the settlement in the host country.

The third volume, Staying and Being, presents in its first part, the life story of those who stayed, their various forms of engagements and divisions. The second part, Being, is a space open towards the future, around the notions of cultural interbreeding, citizenship and childrens of Luxembourg.

The books are available only on the french version for the moment.

For more information: info@retourdebabel.org Phone: + 352 29 86 86 1

Format 235 X 340 mm - hard-bound Covers
3 volumes of approximately 320 pages each, for a total of nearly 1000 pages.

Cover and interior pages made of paper Magno Satin printed in five bents. Bent binding stuck with a linen thread. Presentation of volumes in a plasticized box. The books can be ordered at the cost of 125 euros + Shippment costs. (Shipping is free only for Luxembourg, France, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium, for shipping rates in other countries please check the table below).

To command the books you can:

carry out a transfer on the BCEE bank account of Retour de Babel asbl: n° IBAN LU75 0019 2555 0144 9000 with the mention: Retour de Babel. (Useful reference for people outside Luxembourg, Bank BCCE. Code Bic: BCEELULL).
or pay directly by credit card (please click on the link below) .

If you wish to receive the books by mail here is the list of the shipping rates for the different countries

Denmark, The United Kingdom, Switzerland	19 €	North Africa, Near-East, Russia	41 €	America with exception of the North, Asia with exception of the Near East	63 €
Spain, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Portugal	32 €	Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech (Rep.)	28 €	America with exception of the North, Asia with exception of the Near East	71 €
Norway, Sweden	22 €	Rest of Europe except Russia	38 €	Australasia	128 €

The book can also be retreived at :
CLAE, 26 rue de Gasperich, L-1617 Luxembourg, phone : +352 29 86 86 -1
Centre de Documentation sur les Migrations Humaines, Gare-Usine, Dudelange, phone : +352 51 69 85
Service Culturel de la Ville de Dudelange, phone : +352 51 61 21- 290