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Author Vitiello, Domenic, author.

Title The sanctuary city : immigrant, refugee, and receiving communities in postindustrial Philadelphia / Domenic Vitiello.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2022]

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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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Description based on print version record.
Contents The Sanctuary City -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Sanctuary and the Immigrant City -- 1. Sanctuary in Solidarity: Central Americans and the Sanctuary Movement -- 2. Refugee Resettlement: Southeast Asians and the Resettlement System -- 3. African Diasporas: Liberians and Black America -- 4. Muslim Town: Iraqis, Syrians, and Palestinians in Arab and Muslim America -- 5. New Sanctuary: Mexicans and the New Immigration Movements -- Conclusion: What Do We Owe Each Other? -- Notes -- Index.
Subject 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.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.
Emigration and immigration -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00908700
Immigrants -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00967782
Noncitizens -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00805291
Political refugees -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01069707
Refuge (Humanitarian assistance) (OCoLC)fst01092771
Refugees -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01092844
Sanctuary movement. (OCoLC)fst01104801
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. (OCoLC)fst01204170
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Other Form: Print version: Vitiello, Domenic. Sanctuary city Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022 9781501764691 (DLC) 2021051816
ISBN 9781501764714 (epub)
9781501764707 (pdf)
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