The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction

This recipient of the 1999 Bancroft Prize for American History presents the story of 40 Irish orphans who were transported from New York to Arizona in 1904 by nuns to be placed with Mexican Catholic families, and of the vigilante squad, furious at the "interracial transgression", who kidnapped the children. 36 halftones.

List of contents

Preface Cast of Principal Characters October 2, 1904, Night: North Clifton, Arizona September 25, 1904: Grand Central Station, New York City 1. King Copper October 1, 1904, 6:30 p.m.: Clifton Railroad Station 2. Mexicans Come to the Mines October 1, 1904, around 7:30 p.m.: Sacred Heart Church, Clifton 3. The Priest in the Mexican Camp October 2, 1904, Afternoon: Morenci Square and Clifton Library Hall 4. The Mexican Mothers and the Mexican Town October 2, 1904, Evening: The Hills of Clifton 5. The Anglo Mothers and the Company Town October 2, 1904, Night: Clifton Hotel 6. The Strike October 3-4, 1904: Clifton Drugstore and Library Hall, Morenci Hotel 7. Vigilantism January 1905: Courtroom of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court, Phoenix 8. Family and Race Epilogue Notes Acknowledgments Index Maps Sonoran Highlands Mining Region in 1903 Old Clifton and Morenci

About the author

Linda Gordon is Professor of History at New York University. She is the author of the now-classic history of birth control in America, Woman¿s Body, Woman¿s Right, and of Heroes of Their Own Lives: The Politics and History of Family Violence, winner of the American Historical Association¿s Joan Kelly Prize for the best book in women¿s history.

Summary

In 1904, New York nuns brought 40 Irish orphans to a remote Arizona mining camp, to be placed with Mexican-Catholic families. The town’s Anglo-Americans, furious at this “transgression,” formed a vigilante squad that kidnapped the children. The church sued but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the vigilantes. Gordon tells this gripping story.

Product details

• Authors: Linda Gordon
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.04.2001
• EAN: 9780674005358
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00535-8
• Weight: 653 g
• Illustrations: 36 halftones in one 24 page insert, 2 maps, 1 table
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Arizona, Ethnic Studies, History, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of the Americas, Social discrimination and equal treatment, Child welfare and youth services, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice