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Letters across Borders

The Epistolary Practices of International Migrants

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Editors:
  1. Bruce S. Elliott

    1. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

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  2. David A. Gerber

    1. University at Buffalo (SUNY), USA

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  3. Suzanne M. Sinke

    1. Florida State University, USA

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Bruce S. Elliott, David A. Gerber, Suzanne M. Sinke
      Pages 1-25

  3. Limits and Opportunities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. How Representative are Emigrant Letters? An Exploration of the German Case

      • Wolfgang Helbich, Walter D. Kamphoefner
      Pages 29-55

    3. The Limits of the Australian Emigrant Letter

      • Eric Richards
      Pages 56-74

    4. Marriage through the Mail: North American Correspondence Marriage from Early Print to the Web

      • Suzanne M. Sinke
      Pages 75-94

  4. Writing Conventions and Practices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Irish Emigration and the Art of Letter-Writing

      • David Fitzpatrick
      Pages 97-106

    3. “Every Person Like a Letter”: The Importance of Correspondence in Lithuanian Immigrant Life

      • Daiva Markelis
      Pages 107-123

    4. Epistolary Communication between Migrant Workers and their Families

      • Miguel Angel Vargas
      Pages 124-138

  8. Letters and the State

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 269-269
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About this book

This collection addresses the recent rebirth of interest in immigrant letters. As these letters are increasingly seen as key, rather than incidental, documents in the interpretations of gender, age, social class, and ethnicity/nationality, the scholars gathered here demonstrate a diversity of new approaches to their interpretation.

Reviews

'Rarely does a historical study illuminate subject, methodology, and theory all at once. Letters Across Borders is just such a book. It is a marvelous collection of essays that should be read and re-read by every historian who works in migration studies and indeed by all scholars who seek to understand and interpret the human experience through personal correspondence.' - Kerby A. Miller, University of Missouri-Columbia

'...a coherent, thoughtfully structured and enlightening overview. Philosophical reflections are blended with methodological discussions and empirical studies, creating an unprecedented and broad-based context within which to study migrant epistolarity...It is a long overdue addition to the historiography of migration and should be obligatory reading for every historian who seeks to get to grips with the pitfalls and rewards of interpreting personal correspondence.' - Marjory Harper, English Historical Review

Editors and Affiliations

  • Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

    Bruce S. Elliott

  • University at Buffalo (SUNY), USA

    David A. Gerber

  • Florida State University, USA

    Suzanne M. Sinke

About the editors

BRUCE S. ELLIOT is Professor of History, Carleton University, USA.

DAVID A. GERBER is Professor of History, University of Buffalo (SUNY), USA.

SUZANNE M. SINKE is Associate Professor of History, Florida State University, USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Letters across Borders

  • Book Subtitle: The Epistolary Practices of International Migrants

  • Editors: Bruce S. Elliott, David A. Gerber, Suzanne M. Sinke

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230601079

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Bruce S. Elliott, David A. Gerber, and Suzanne M. Sinke 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-7101-2Published: 01 December 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-53263-6Published: 18 December 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-60107-9Published: 02 September 2006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 315

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Imperialism and Colonialism, World History, Global and Transnational History, Historiography and Method, Literature, general

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