The book examines in changes in the social, economic and political processes behind the creation of mechanisms for the management of people’s mobility and cohabitation in the Mediterranean region. The approach is historical and comparative. Issues of state control, border economies, urban coexistence, heritage and memory are studied.

Lisa Anteby-Yemini is a researcher in anthropology at the IDEMEC, CNRS-Aix Marseille University. Virginie Baby-Collin is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning, TELEMME Aix-Marseille University-CNRS. Sylvie Mazzella is a senior researcher in sociology at the LAMES, Aix-Marseille University-CNRS. Stéphane Mourlane is Associate Professor in Contemporary History, TELEMME Aix-Marseille University-CNRS. Cédric Parizot is a researcher in the anthropology of politics at the IREMAM, CNRS-Aix Marseille University. Céline Regnard is Associate Professor in Contemporary History, TELEMME Aix-Marseille University-CNRS. Pierre Sintès is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning, TELEMME Aix-Marseille University-CNRS.

Content: Sandro Rinauro: Illegal Migration of Italians from the Liberal Age to Freedom of Movement Within the European Community. Geographic Directions, Public Attitudes and the Strategies of Migrants – Ilsen About: Building Lines between Nations. Border-making and Police Practices at the French-Italian frontier, 1890-1914 – Sylvie Mazzella: North African Migration under Surveillance. Between Home Country and Host Country – Laurence Pillant: Introduction of Procedures for Migration Controls in Greece. Case Study in the Aegean Islands – Cédric Parizot: An Undocumented Economy of Control. Workers, Smugglers and Sate Authorities in Southern Israel/Palestine – Heidrun Friese: Border Economies. A Nascent Migration Industry Around Lampedusa – Assaf Dahdah: «Maid in Lebanon». Lebanon and the World Domestic Service Market – Arnaud Garcette: The Palestinian Olive Industry and Israel’s Separation Policy. Trading at the Border (2002-2012) – Nick May: Between Embodied Cosmopolitism and Sexual Humanitarianism. The Fractal Mobilities and Subjectivities of Migrants Working in the Sex Industry – Lisa Anteby-Yemini: African Asylum Seekers in Israel. New Political, Racial and Urban Borders – Virginie Baby-Collin: Rendering People Illegal and Invisible. Illegal Migrants and Daily Life (United States, Spain) – Fabrice Jesné: Migration and Nation. The Situation of Italians in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Early 19th Century – Karima Dirèche: Algerian Jews. How to Make the Return Journey? – Stéphane Mourlane/Céline Regnard: «Invisibility» and Memory. Italian Immigration in France During the Second Half of the 20th Century – Pierre Sintès: New Geographical Mobilities on the Edges of Greece.