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
Main Author: Vitiello, Domenic (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sanctuary movement.
Refugees > Social conditions.
Refuge (Humanitarian assistance)
Political refugees > Social conditions.
Noncitizens > Government policy.
Immigrants > Social conditions.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.
Refugies > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Conditions sociales.
Mouvement des sanctuaires > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Refuge (Aide humanitaire) > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Noncitizens > Government policy > United States.
Political refugees > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions.
Immigrants > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions.
Refugees > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions.
Sanctuary movement > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Refuge (Humanitarian assistance) > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
United States.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Electronic books.
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 (312 pages): illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ;
ISBN:9781501764714
Access:Open Access

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