1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452009203321

Titolo

Migration and immigration [[electronic resource] ] : a global view / / edited by Maura I. Toro-Morn and Marixsa Alicea

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2004

ISBN

1-282-40849-6

9786612408496

0-313-05301-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

A world view of social issues, , 1526-9442

Altri autori (Persone)

Toro-MornMaura I <1961-> (Maura Isabel)

AliceaMarixsa <1960->

Disciplina

304.8/2

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration

Migration, Internal

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Tables; Series Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1 AUSTRALIA: The Continent of Immigrants; 2 BRAZIL: A Historical and Contemporary View of Brazilian Migration; 3 CHINA: Chinese Immigrants in the Global Economy; 4 CUBA: Colonizers, Slaves, Exiles, and Refugees in Cuban History; 5 FRANCE: The Melting Pot of Europe; 6 GHANA: Internal, International, and Transnational Migration; 7 IRELAND: A Historical and Political Interpretation of the Irish Diaspora; 8 JAPAN: Immigration In, Out, and Back and Forth; 9 MEXICO: Mexican International Migration

10 THE NETHERLANDS: The Myth of Ethnic Equality11 THE PHILIPPINES: The Dilemma of Philippine International Labor Migration; 12 PUERTO RICO: Between the Nation and the Diaspora-Migration to and from Puerto Rico; 13 TANZANIA: To Carry a Heavy Burden in the Heat of the Day-Migration to and from Tanzania; 14 THE UNITED STATES: Immigration to the Melting Pot of the Americas; Index; About the Editors and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

The post-World War II period has been called the age of migration, since an unprecedented number of people worldwide have been on the move. This reference surveys migration and immigration past and



present in 14 representative countries. Historical, social, political, and economic consequences of migration are considered. Students and researchers will find the synthesis indispensable and the format ideal for comparisons.||The collective analysis of the contributors, who hail from a range of disciplines, ultimately defies the simple characterization of migration as a choice of people seeking be

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778094203321

Autore

Grow Matthew J

Titolo

"Liberty to the downtrodden" [[electronic resource] ] : Thomas L. Kane, romantic reformer / / Matthew J. Grow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-35246-6

9786612352461

0-300-15326-0

1-282-08963-3

9786612089633

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Collana

The Lamar series in western history

Disciplina

979.2/02092

Soggetti

Latter Day Saint churches - West (U.S.) - History - 19th century

Latter Day Saint pioneers - Utah - History - 19th century

Latter Day Saint churches - United States - History - 19th century

Social reformers - United States

Abolitionists - United States

Soldiers - United States

Utah History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published with assistance from the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-336) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Raising Kane -- 2. Europe -- 3. Beginnings of Reform -- 4. Meeting the Mormons -- 5. The Suffering Saints -- 6. Free Soil and Young America -- 7. Fugitive Slaves -- 8. Reforming Marriage -- 9. The Utah War, Act I



-- 10. The Utah War, Act II -- 11. Honor, Reform, and War -- 12. Developing Kane -- 13. Anti-Anti-Polygamy -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Kane Family Chart -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Thomas L. Kane (1822-1883), a crusader for antislavery, women's rights, and the downtrodden, rose to prominence in his day as the most ardent and persuasive defender of Mormons' religious liberty. Though not a Mormon, Kane sought to defend the much-reviled group from the "Holy War" waged against them by evangelical America. His courageous personal intervention averted a potentially catastrophic bloody conflict between federal troops and Mormon settlers in the now nearly forgotten Utah War of 1857-58. Drawing on extensive, newly available archives, this book is the first to tell the full story of Kane's extraordinary life. The book illuminates his powerful Philadelphia family, his personal life and eccentricities, his reform achievements, his place in Mormon history, and his career as a Civil War general. Further, the book revises previous understandings of nineteenth-century reform, showing how Kane and likeminded others fused Democratic Party ideology, anti-evangelicalism, and romanticism.