{"product_id":"a-great-many-refugees-progressive-era-assistance-in-the-american-west-hardback-9781496239525","title":"A Great Many Refugees; Progressive Era Assistance in the American West (Hardback) 9781496239525","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Great Many Refugees\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eProgressive Era Assistance in the American West\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas A. Krainz (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496239525\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 July 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e348 pages, 17 photographs, 1 illustration, 5 maps, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“In this fascinating book, Thomas Krainz reveals a hidden history of local aid provided to refugees and internally displaced people across the American West at the turn of the century. Examining people fleeing the Mexican Revolution or Native Americans escaping genocide, as well as victims of flood, fire, and economic distress, Krainz untangles the complex factors that generated diverging policies. Krainz’s pathbreaking work transforms our understanding of refugee history as well as, more broadly, Progressive Era welfare policies.”-Julie Greene, author of \u003ci\u003eBox 25: Archival Secrets, Caribbean Workers, and the Panama Canal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“In light of the modern parallels, \u003ci\u003eA Great Many Refugees\u003c\/i\u003e encourages us to think about both the definition and the mere existence of refugee experiences in turn-of-the-century America. Moreover, it pushes scholars to think about the legacy of ‘reform’ in the Progressive Era and to make important connections to the present.”-Jeffrey A. Johnson, editor of \u003ci\u003eReforming America: A Thematic Encyclopedia and Document Collection of the Progressive Era\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLocal communities in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries commonly addressed the needs of refugees, defined broadly during the Progressive Era to include internally displaced people and economic migrants. These communities’ efforts to assist people in need created a type of informal pop-up welfare system of short-term assistance that provided for hundreds, and often thousands of refugees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eA Great Many Refugees\u003c\/i\u003e Thomas A. Krainz examines how communities in the American West cared for refugees. The ten case studies include a range of different causes that forced people to flee, including revolution, war, genocide, environmental disaster, and economic recession. Communities tapped into their local resources to provide for refugees, and this informal welfare proved-in the short term-remarkably efficient, effective, and, at times, flexible and innovative. However, local communities simply could not sustain their widespread relief efforts for long and providing meaningful and comprehensive long-term aid proved a near-universal failure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Krainz’s examination of how Progressive Era residents cared for refugees uncovers a significant segment of welfare policies and practices that have remained largely obscured. These examples of informal, short-term assistance efforts profoundly challenge our standard depiction of local Progressive Era welfare practices as anemic and unresponsive to those in crisis.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part One –\u003cbr\u003e Warfare\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1 –\u003cbr\u003e Revolution (El Paso)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2 –\u003cbr\u003e War and Genocide (Arizona)\u003cbr\u003e Part Two –\u003cbr\u003e Natural Disasters\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3 –\u003cbr\u003e Fire (Inland Empire)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4 –\u003cbr\u003e Flood (Heppner, Oregon)\u003cbr\u003e Part Three –\u003cbr\u003e Economics\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5 –\u003cbr\u003e Recession (Northern California)\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations in the Notes\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600287101208,"sku":"9781496239525","price":43.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-great-many-refugees-progressive-era-assistance-in-the-american-west-hardback-9781496239525","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}