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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Autor principal: Lin, Yii-Jan (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: New Haven Yale University Press 2024
En:Año: 2024
Edición:1st ed.
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B USA / Bibel. Offenbarung des Johannes / White supremacy / Colonialismo / Migración
Otras palabras clave: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
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Sumario: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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Descripción Física:1 online resource (294 pages)
ISBN:978-0-300-28048-7