The Resource Northern passage : American Vietnam War resisters in Canada, John Hagan
Northern passage : American Vietnam War resisters in Canada, John Hagan
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The item Northern passage : American Vietnam War resisters in Canada, John Hagan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- "More than 50,000 draft-age American men and women migrated to Canada during the Vietnam War, the largest political exodus from the United States since the American Revolution. How are we to understand this migration three decades later? Was their action simply a marginal, highly individualized spin-off of the American antiwar movement, or did it have its own lasting collective meaning?" "John Hagan, himself a member of the exodus, searched declassified government files, consulted previously unopened resistance organization archives and contemporary oral histories, and interviewed American war resisters settled in Toronto to learn how they made the momentous decision. Canadian immigration officials at first blocked the entry of some resisters; then, under pressure from Canadian church and civil liberties groups, they fully opened the border, providing these Americans with the legal opportunity to oppose the Vietnam draft and military mobilization while beginning new lives in Canada. It was a turning point for Canada as well, an assertion of sovereignty in its post - World War II relationship with the United States."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 269 pages
- Contents
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- Preface: First Snow
- Laws of Resistance
- Opening the Gates
- Toronto's American Ghetto
- Activism by Exile
- Two Amnesties and a Jailing
- Choosing Canada
- Isbn
- 9780674004719
- Label
- Northern passage : American Vietnam War resisters in Canada
- Title
- Northern passage
- Title remainder
- American Vietnam War resisters in Canada
- Statement of responsibility
- John Hagan
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "More than 50,000 draft-age American men and women migrated to Canada during the Vietnam War, the largest political exodus from the United States since the American Revolution. How are we to understand this migration three decades later? Was their action simply a marginal, highly individualized spin-off of the American antiwar movement, or did it have its own lasting collective meaning?" "John Hagan, himself a member of the exodus, searched declassified government files, consulted previously unopened resistance organization archives and contemporary oral histories, and interviewed American war resisters settled in Toronto to learn how they made the momentous decision. Canadian immigration officials at first blocked the entry of some resisters; then, under pressure from Canadian church and civil liberties groups, they fully opened the border, providing these Americans with the legal opportunity to oppose the Vietnam draft and military mobilization while beginning new lives in Canada. It was a turning point for Canada as well, an assertion of sovereignty in its post - World War II relationship with the United States."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1946-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hagan, John
- Dewey number
- 959.707/704/38
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS559.8.D7
- LC item number
- H33 2001
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Americans
- Amnesty
- Canada
- United States
- Label
- Northern passage : American Vietnam War resisters in Canada, John Hagan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Preface: First Snow
- Laws of Resistance
- Opening the Gates
- Toronto's American Ghetto
- Activism by Exile
- Two Amnesties and a Jailing
- Choosing Canada
- Control code
- 45413548
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 269 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674004719
- Lccn
- 00054012
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Northern passage : American Vietnam War resisters in Canada, John Hagan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Preface: First Snow
- Laws of Resistance
- Opening the Gates
- Toronto's American Ghetto
- Activism by Exile
- Two Amnesties and a Jailing
- Choosing Canada
- Control code
- 45413548
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 269 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674004719
- Lccn
- 00054012
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Amnesty -- United States
- Canada -- Emigration and immigration
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- Americans -- Canada
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters -- United States
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Desertions -- United States
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