Immigration and Apocalypse: How the Book of Revelation Shaped American Immigration
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Conceptualizations -- ONE: America the New Jerusalem -- TWO: On the "Island of Immortals": The Apocalyptic Exclusion of Chinese Immigrants -- Part II. Disease and Pla...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Livro |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Serviço de pedido Subito: | Pedir agora. |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado em: |
New Haven
Yale University Press
2024
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| Em: | Ano: 2024 |
| Edição: | 1st ed. |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
USA
/ Bibel. Offenbarung des Johannes
/ White supremacy
/ Colonialismo
/ Migração
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| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Émigration et immigration - Enseignement biblique
B Émigration et immigration - Aspect religieux - Christianisme B Émigration et immigration dans la Bible B États-Unis - Émigration et immigration - Histoire |
| Acesso em linha: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Não eletrônico
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| Resumo: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Conceptualizations -- ONE: America the New Jerusalem -- TWO: On the "Island of Immortals": The Apocalyptic Exclusion of Chinese Immigrants -- Part II. Disease and Plague -- THREE: "Nothing Unclean Will Enter It": Apocalyptic Epidemiology and Exclusion -- FOUR: "They Must Go": Non-White Peoples as Plague and Pest -- Part III. Requirements and Categorizations -- FIVE: The Book of Life and the Book of Deeds in American Immigration and Naturalization -- SIX: The Book of White Life -- Part IV. The Construction of Crisis -- SEVEN: "Even Heaven Is Going to Have a Wall around It": Borders, Walls, and the New Jerusalem -- Conclusion: The Myth, the Spectacle, and the Prophecy -- Appendix A: Timeline of Immigration History -- Appendix B: Structural Outline of the Book of Revelation -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z. |
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| Descrição do item: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Descrição Física: | 1 online resource (294 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-300-28048-7 |
