LETTERS ACROSS BORDERS: THE EPISTOLARY PRACTICES OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS; ED. BY BRUCE S. ELLIOTT

In this collection, the editors seek to address 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. This Collection Seeks To Address The 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, This Work Demonstrates A Diversity Of Fresh Approaches To Their Interpretation. 1. How Representative Are Emigrant Letters? : An Exploration Of The German Case / Wolfgang Helbich And Walter D. Kamphoefner -- 2. The Limits Of The Australian Emigrant Letter / Eric Richards -- 3. Marriage Through The Mail : North American Correspondence Marriage From Early Point To The Web / Suzanne M. Sinke -- 4. Irish Emigration And The Art Of Letter-writing / David Fitzpatrick -- 5. Every Person Like A Letter : The Importance Of Correspondence In Lithuanian Immigrant Life / Daiva Markelis -- 6. Epistolary Communication Between Migrant Workers And Their Families / Miguel Angel Vargas -- 7. Epistolary Masquerades : Acts Of Deceiving And Withholding In Immigrant Letters / David A. Gerber -- 8. Reading And Writing Across The Borders Of Dictatorship : Self-censorship And Emigrant Experience In Nazi And Stalinist Europe / Ann Goldberg -- 9. Going Into Print : Published Immigrant Letters, Webs Of Personal Relations, And The Emergence Of The Welsh Public Sphere / William D. Jones -- 10. As If At A Public Meeting : Polish American Readers, Writers, And Editors Of Ameryka-echo, 1922-1969 / Anna D. Jaroszynska-kirchmann -- 11. Negotiating Space, Time, And Identity : The Hutton-pellett Letters And A British Child's Wartime Evacuation To Canada / Helen Brown -- 12. The Ukrainian Government-in-exile's Postal Network And The Construction Of National Identity / Karen Lemiski -- 13. Immigrant Petition Letters In Early Modern Saxony / Alexander Schunka -- 14. To His Excellency The Sovereign Of All Russian Subjects In Canada : Emigrant Correspondence With Russian Consulates In Montreal, Vancouver, And Halifax, 1899-1922 / Vadim Kukushkin. Edited By Bruce S. Elliott, David A. Gerber, And Suzanne M. Sinke. Includes Papers Presented At The International Conference, Reading The Emigrant Letter: Innovative Approaches And Interpretations, Sponsored By The Carleton Centre For The History Of Migration And Hosted At Carleton University In Ottawa, Canada, In 2003. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 4 List of Illustrations......Page 6 List of Tables......Page 7 Notes on Contributors......Page 8 Introduction......Page 12 Part I: Limits and Opportunities......Page 38 1 How Representative are Emigrant Letters? An Exploration of the German Case......Page 40 2 The Limits of the Australian Emigrant Letter......Page 67 3 Marriage through the Mail: North American Correspondence Marriage from Early Print to the Web......Page 86 Part II: Writing Conventions and Practices......Page 106 4 Irish Emigration and the Art of Letter-Writing......Page 108 5 “Every Person Like a Letter”: The Importance of Correspondence in Lithuanian Immigrant Life......Page 118 6 Epistolary Communication between Migrant Workers and their Families......Page 135 Part III: Silences and Censorship......Page 150 7 Epistolary Masquerades: Acts of Deceiving and Withholding in Immigrant Letters......Page 152 8 Reading and Writing across the Borders of Dictatorship: Self-Censorship and Emigrant Experience in Nazi and Stalinist Europe......Page 169 Part IV: Editorial Interventions......Page 184 9 “Going into Print”: Published Immigrant Letters, Webs of Personal Relations, and the Emergence of the Welsh Public Sphere......Page 186 10 As if at a Public Meeting: Polish American Readers, Writers, and Editors of Ameryka-Echo, 1922–1969......Page 211 Part V: Negotiations of Identity......Page 232 11 Negotiating Space, Time, and Identity: The Hutton-Pellett Letters and a British Child’s Wartime Evacuation to Canada......Page 234 12 The Ukrainian Government-in-Exile’s Postal Network and the Construction of National Identity......Page 259 Part VI: Letters and the State......Page 280 13 Immigrant Petition Letters in Early Modern Saxony......Page 282 14 “To His Excellency the Sovereign of all Russian Subjects in Canada”: Emigrant Correspondence with Russian Consulates in Montreal, Vancouver, and Halifax, 1899–1922......Page 302 B......Page 317 C......Page 318 E......Page 319 H......Page 320 L......Page 321 M......Page 322 P......Page 323 R......Page 324 U......Page 325 Z......Page 326 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.