Title The great Arizona orphan abduction / Linda Gordon

Edition First Harvard University Press pbk. edition Published Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 416 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits Contents Ch. 1. King copper -- Ch. 2. Mexicans come to the mines -- Ch. 3. The priest in the Mexican camp -- Ch. 4. The Mexican mothers and the Mexican town -- Ch. 5. The Anglo mothers and the company town -- Ch. 6. The strike -- Ch. 7. Vigilantism -- Ch. 8. Family and race Summary 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' 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. -- Publisher's website Notes Originally published: 1999 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-404) and index Notes Print version record Subject Catholic Church -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century SUBJECT Catholic Church fast Subject Orphans -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century Kidnapping -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century White people -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century Vigilantes -- Arizona -- Clifton -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. HISTORY -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) Kidnapping Mexican Americans Orphans Race relations Vigilantes White people Rassenkonflikt Religiöser Konflikt SUBJECT Clifton (Ariz.) -- Race relations Subject Arizona -- Clifton Arizona Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780674061712 0674061713

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