The great Arizona orphan abduction /

The great Arizona orphan abduction /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Gordon, Linda.
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
Description:xii, 416 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Catholic Church -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century.
Catholic Church.
Orphans -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century.
Kidnapping -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century.
Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century.
Whites -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century.
Vigilantes -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century.
Ethnic relations.
Kidnapping.
Mexican Americans.
Orphan trains.
Orphans.
Race relations.
Vigilantes.
Whites.
Clifton (Ariz.) -- Race relations.
Arizona.
Arizona -- Clifton.
United States.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4065451
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ISBN:0674360419 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-404) and index.
Description
Summary:This text tells the disturbing history of racial boundaries along the USA/Mexican border. It focuses on the case of some Irish orphans who were placed with Mexican families, and the resulting anger of the town's Anglos who formed a vigilante squad to kidnap the children away from the Mexicans.
Physical Description:xii, 416 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-404) and index.
ISBN:0674360419

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