The Plateau
New York : Riverhead Books, 2019.
Format: Book
Description: 358 pages ; 24 cm
"During World War II, French villagers offered safe harbor to countless strangers - mostly children - as they fled for their lives. The same place offers refuge to migrants today. Why?"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Unanswered -- Days of awe -- Exodus -- First on the rope -- All the little crickets -- Hands and feet -- The hunt -- Hymn to spring -- La Burle -- Elsewhere -- Suffer the children -- Song of the Cheremsha -- Along came a spider -- Mashallah -- The fruit of the tree.
Subjects:
Paxson, Margaret.
Refugees -- France -- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon -- History -- 20th century.
Refugees -- France -- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon -- History -- 21st century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- France -- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.
Refugee children -- France -- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.
Anthropologists -- Biography.
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France) -- Emigration and immigration.
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France)
Paxson, Margaret.
Refugees -- France -- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon -- History -- 20th century.
Refugees -- France -- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon -- History -- 21st century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- France -- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.
Refugee children -- France -- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.
Anthropologists -- Biography.
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France) -- Emigration and immigration.
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France)
ISBN:
9781594634758 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Migration Pax | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |