Sanctuary and asylum : a social and political history / Linda Rabben.
2016
K3268.3 .R335 2016 (Mapit)
On loan from Stacks, due 29. Jun 2025
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Sanctuary and asylum : a social and political history / Linda Rabben.
Imprint
Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2016.
Description
xiv, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
Capell family book.
Formatted Contents Note
Asylum and sanctuary seekers' stories
Sanctuary's beginnings
A thousand years of Medieval sanctuary
From religious sanctuary to secular asylum
Nineteenth-century sanctuary outside the law
The pleasures of Holocaust rescue
The twentieth-century heyday of asylum
Asylum now in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom
Asylum now in Europe and beyond
The golden door ajar : US asylum policy
Contemporary sanctuary movements
The news from Tucson
Does asylum have a future?
Sanctuary's beginnings
A thousand years of Medieval sanctuary
From religious sanctuary to secular asylum
Nineteenth-century sanctuary outside the law
The pleasures of Holocaust rescue
The twentieth-century heyday of asylum
Asylum now in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom
Asylum now in Europe and beyond
The golden door ajar : US asylum policy
Contemporary sanctuary movements
The news from Tucson
Does asylum have a future?
Summary
The practice of sanctuary--giving refuge to the threatened, vulnerable stranger--may be universal among humans. From primate populations to ancient religious traditions to the modern legal institution of asylum, anthropologist Linda Rabben explores the long history of sanctuary and analyzes modern asylum policies in North America, Europe, and elsewhere, contrasting them with the role that courageous individuals and organizations have played in offering refuge to survivors of torture, persecution, and discrimination. Rabben gives close attention to the mid-2010s refugee crisis in Europe and to Central Americans seeking asylum in the United States. This wide-ranging, timely, and carefully documented account draws on Rabben's experiences as a human rights advocate as well as her training as an anthropologist. Sanctuary and Asylum will help citizens, professionals, and policy makers take informed and compassionate action.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-318) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
K3268.3 .R335 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9780295999128 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0295999128 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780295999135 (paperback; alkaline paper)
0295999136 (paperback; alkaline paper)
0295999128 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780295999135 (paperback; alkaline paper)
0295999136 (paperback; alkaline paper)
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