03230nam 22007214a 450 991045088600332120200520144314.01-281-36082-197866113608250-230-60107-310.1057/9780230601079(CKB)1000000000342648(EBL)307945(OCoLC)182530491(SSID)ssj0001659189(PQKBManifestationID)16441708(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001659189(PQKBWorkID)14988001(PQKB)10140241(SSID)ssj0000191520(PQKBManifestationID)11937154(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191520(PQKBWorkID)10184392(PQKB)11335454(DE-He213)978-0-230-60107-9(MiAaPQ)EBC307945(Au-PeEL)EBL307945(CaPaEBR)ebr10167435(CaONFJC)MIL136082(EXLCZ)99100000000034264820060127d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLetters across borders[electronic resource] the epistolary practices of international migrants /edited by Bruce S. Elliott, David A. Gerber, and Suzanne M. Sinke1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan, published in association with the Carleton Centre for the History of Migration20061 online resource (326 p.)Includes papers presented at the international conference, "Reading the Emigrant Letter: Innovative Approaches and Interpretations," sponsored by the Carleton Centre for the History of Migration and hosted at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, in 2003.1-349-53263-0 1-4039-7101-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Limits and Opportunities; Part II: Writing Conventions and Practices; Part III: Silences and Censorship; Part IV: Editorial Interventions; Part V: Negotiations of Identity; Part VI: Letters and the State; IndexThis collection addresses the recent rebirth of interest in immigrant letters. As these letters are increasingly seen as key, rather than incidental, documents in the interpretations of gender, age, social class, and ethnicity/nationality, the scholars gathered here demonstrate a diversity of new approaches to their interpretation.Emigration and immigrationHistoryCongressesImmigrantsCorrespondenceCongressesElectronic books.Emigration and immigrationHistoryImmigrantsCorrespondence305.9/06912Elliott Bruce S926930Gerber David A.1944-901020Sinke Suzanne M926931Carleton University.Carleton Centre for the History of Migration.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450886003321Letters across borders2082472UNINA