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Migration miracle : faith, hope, and the undocumented journey / Jacqueline Hagan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hagan, Jacqueline Maria, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--Religious life--United States.
- Immigrants.
- Immigrants--United States--Interviews.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Migration Miracle humanizes the immigration controversy by exploring the harsh realities of the migrants’ desperate journeys. Drawing on over 300 interviews with men, women, and children, Hagan focuses on an unexplored dimension of the migration undertaking—the role of religion and faith in surviving the journey.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Decision Making and Leave-Taking
- 2. The Dangerous Journey
- 3. Churches Crossing Borders
- 4. Miracles in the Desert
- 5. La Promesa
- 6. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-211) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674264175
- 0674264177
- 9780674038134
- 0674038134
- OCLC:
- 506072138
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