The sanctuary city : immigrant, refugee, and receiving communities in postindustrial Philadelphia /

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"This book relates the history of Central American, Southeast Asian, Liberian, Arab, and Mexican migration, settlement, and civil society in Philadelphia since the 1970s. It explores the politics of immigration, community relations, and "sanctuary," defined as a wide set of contested...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Vitiello, Domenic (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Refuge (Humanitarian assistance) > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Sanctuary movement > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Refugees > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions.
Immigrants > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions.
Political refugees > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions.
Noncitizens > Government policy > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Immigrants > Social conditions.
Noncitizens > Government policy.
Political refugees > Social conditions.
Refuge (Humanitarian assistance)
Refugees > Social conditions.
Sanctuary movement.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
United States.
immigrant communities in philadelphia, immigrant communities in us cities, immigrant community organizations, politics of immigration, community development and immigration.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"This book relates the history of Central American, Southeast Asian, Liberian, Arab, and Mexican migration, settlement, and civil society in Philadelphia since the 1970s. It explores the politics of immigration, community relations, and "sanctuary," defined as a wide set of contested protections and assistance at local, national, and transnational scales"--
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781501764714
1501764713
9781501764707
1501764705

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