The great Arizona orphan abduction
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
ISBN
0674360419, 9780674360419, 067400535X, 9780674005358
Physical Desc
xii, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
0674360419, 9780674360419, 067400535X, 9780674005358
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-404) and index.
Description
In 1904, New York nuns brought forty Irish orphans to a remote Arizona mining camp to be placed with Catholic families. The Catholic families were Mexican, as was the majority of the population. Soon the town's Anglos, furious at this "interracial" transgression, formed a vigilante squad that kidnapped the children and nearly lynched the nuns and the local priest. The Catholic Church sued to get its wards back, but all the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, ruled in favor of the vigilantes. The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction tells this disturbing and dramatic tale to illuminate the creation of racial boundaries along the Mexican border. Clifton-Morenci, Arizona, was a "wild west" boomtown, where the mines and smelters pulled in thousands of Mexican immigrant workers. Racial walls hardened as the mines became big business and whiteness became a marker of superiority. These already volatile race and class relations produced passions that erupted in the "orphan incident." To the Anglos of Clifton-Morenci, placing a white child with a Mexican family was tantamount to child abuse, and they saw their kidnapping as a rescue. Women initiated both sides of this confrontation. Mexican women agreed to take in these orphans, both serving their church and asserting a maternal prerogative; Anglo women believed they had to "save" the orphans, and they organized a vigilante squad to do it. In retelling this barely known piece of American history, Linda Gordon brilliantly re-creates and dissects the tangled intersection of family and racial values, in a gripping story that resonates with today's conflicts over the "best interests of the child."--Jacket flap
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In 1904, New York nuns brought forty Irish orphans to a remote Arizona mining camp to be placed with Mexican Catholic families. The interracial conflict leads to conflict, violence and lengthy court battles.
Language
English.
Action
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Arizona -- Ethnic relations.
Arizona -- History -- To 1912.
Catholic Church -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century.
Clifton (Ariz.) -- Race relations.
Kidnapping -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century.
Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century.
Orphan trains -- History.
Orphans -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century.
Vigilantes -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century.
White people -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century.
Arizona -- History -- To 1912.
Catholic Church -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century.
Clifton (Ariz.) -- Race relations.
Kidnapping -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century.
Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century.
Orphan trains -- History.
Orphans -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century.
Vigilantes -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century.
White people -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gordon, L. (1999). The great Arizona orphan abduction . Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gordon, Linda. 1999. The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction. Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gordon, Linda. The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction Harvard University Press, 1999.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gordon, Linda. The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction Harvard University Press, 1999.
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