Abstract
Birth of a Colony: a Trading Company in Marseille Alain TARRIUS The Belsunce neighborhood, in the historic center of Marseille, has since the 19th century received diasporas of Mediterranean migrants (Italians, Armenians, Sephardic Jews, North Africans) who develop economic activities in the neighborhood which contribute to their insertion into French society. Until 1987, Algerians dominated the North African representation, perpetuating the historic role of this neighborhood. Since, Tunisian and Moroccan entrepreneurs, whose profile fits that of the international nomad, have caused a profound change in the economy from being local and community-centered to worldwide and underground, closely related in character to a colonial trading post. Moroccan entrepreneurs who have lived in Brussels and Madrid do business with Turks; Tunisians who have lived in Libya, Spain, and Italy deal with Italians and Lebanese. The neighborhood has changed from being a social space favorable to an entry into French identity to being a place where initiatives tending towards alterity, or otherness, are asserted. The author analyzes the complexity ofthis social and economic transformation and its effects on the urban device which is Belsunce.
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