Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Citizenship as Social Closure -- 2 The French Revolution and the Invention of National Citizenship -- 3 State, State-System, and Citizenship in Germany -- 4 Citizenship and Naturalization in France and Germany -- 5 Migrants into Citizens -- 6 The Citizenry as Community of Descent -- 7 "Etre Français, Cela se Mérite" -- 8 Continuities in the German Politics of Citizenship -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.