Description:
L'auteur examine le cas de 253 élèves sortis de l'école primaire de Cardaillac, près de Figeac (Lot) entre 1934 et 1974 ; 206 dont 43 résident encore à Cardaillac ont aujourd'hui terminé leur scolarité ; les autres ont gagné Figeac ou la région parisienne. L'auteur insiste sur la relation entre la réussite scolaire et le type de profession de ces émigrés : les meilleurs élèves sont entrés dans le secteur public ou para-public. Il signale aussi l'importance des relations personnelles dans l'accès à la profession.
The ways of rural emigrations : the example of a village in Southwestern France. Cardaillac is a small depopulated agricultural village, about six miles from Figeac (Lot). From 1934 to 1974, 253 pupils passed through the local primary school ; 206 of them can be considered as economically active ; 43 only remain in Cardaillac ; all the others have left, most of them being nowadays in Figeac or in Paris and its suburbs. The author points to the fact that there is a close relation between the results achieved at school and the present professional status of these migrants : the best primary school ptipils are to be found in the various branches of the Civil service or the Army ; most of the others are manual workers. There is also a strong influence of those individuals who where born in the region and are now in a position where they can help the newcomers to find job opportunities.