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Shelter on the journey : humanitarianism, human rights, and migration / Priscilla Solano ; foreword by Douglas S. Massey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Solano, Priscilla, 1978- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Refuge (Humanitarian assistance)--Mexico.
- Refuge (Humanitarian assistance).
- Humanitarian assistance--Mexico.
- Humanitarian assistance.
- Immigrants--Services for--Mexico.
- Immigrants.
- Refugees--Mexico--Social conditions.
- Refugees.
- Mexico--Emigration and immigration.
- Mexico.
- Central America--Emigration and immigration.
- Central America.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 188 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2024.
- Contents:
- Foreword: Humanitarianism in an age of global apartheid / by Douglas S. Massey
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction: We all have the human right to emigrate but not to immigrate
- Chapter 1 "They walk as fugitives": situating shelters and transit migration
- Chapter 2: "I was a migrant and you gave me shelter": the open-ethos and social world of the shelter
- Chapter 3: "Of course there is a difference between charity and solidarity." The power of giving
- Chapter 4. "The shelter is a garden in a mine of oil": The humanitarian project under threat
- Chapter 5 "That they do not keep expressing that Mexican territory is a cemetery for Central Americans." Advocating free dignified transit
- Conclusion: Dreaming on the journey.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 02, 2024).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Solano, Priscilla, 1978- Shelter on the journey
- ISBN:
- 9781439921548
- 1439921547
- Publisher Number:
- 40032284590
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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