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They live in the suburbs of Tennessee and Indiana. They fought in Vietnam and Desert Storm. They speak about an older, better America, an America that once was, and is no more. And for the past decade, they have come to the U.S. / Mexico border to hunt for illegal immigrants. Who are the Minutemen? Patriots? Racists? Vigilantes? Harel Shapira lived with the Minutemen and patrolled the border with them, seeking neither to condemn nor praise them, but to understand who they are and what they do. Challenging simplistic depictions of these men as right-wing fanatics with loose triggers, Shapira discovers a group of men who long for community and embrace the principles of civic engagement. Yet these desires and convictions have led them to a troubling place. Shapira takes you to that place--a stretch of desert in southern Arizona, where he reveals that what draws these men to the border is not simply racism or anti-immigrant sentiments, but a chance to relive a sense of meaning and purpose rooted in an older life of soldiering. They come to the border not only in search of illegal immigrants, but of lost identities and experiences. Now with a new afterword by the author, Waiting for José brings understanding to a group of people in search of lost identities and experiences.

They live in the suburbs of Tennessee and Indiana. they fought in Vietnam and Desert Storm. They speak about an older, better America, and for the past decade, they have come to the U.S.-Mexico border to hunt for illegal immigrants. Who are the Minutemen? Are they Patriots? Racists? Vigilantes? The author patrolled the border with them, seeking to understand who they are. challenging simplistic depictions of these men as right-wing fanatics, the author discovers a group of men who long for community and embrace the principles of civic engagement. Yet these desires and convictions have led them to a troubling place. The author takes you to that place - a stretch of desert in southern Arizona, where he reveals that what draws these men to the border is not simply racism or anti-immigrant sentiments, but a chance to relive a sense of meaning and purpose rooted in an older life of soldiering. Now with a new afterword by the author, this book brings understanding to a group of people in search of lost identities and experiences

Annotation This pioneering study offers a comprehensive account of Syria's key Jewish communities at an important juncture in their history that also throws light on the broader effects of modernization in the Ottoman empire. The Ottoman reforms of the mid-nineteenth century accelerated the process of opening up Syria up to European travellers and traders, and gave Syria's Jews access to European Jewish communities. The resulting influx of Western ideas led to a decline in the traditional economy, with serious consequences for the Jewish occupational structure. It also allowed for the introduction of Western education, through schools run by the Alliance Israelite Universelle, influenced the structure and the administration of Jewish society in Syria, and changed the balance of the relationship between Muslims, Christians, and Jews. Initially Syria's Jewish communities flourished economically and politically in these new circumstances, but there was a developing recognition that their future lay overseas. After the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, the bankruptcy of the Ottoman empire in 1875, and the suspension of the Ottoman constitution in 1878, this feeling intensified. A process of decline set in that ultimately culminated in large-scale Jewish emigration, first to Egypt and then to the West. From that point on, the future for Syrian Jews lay in the West, not the East. Detailed and compelling, this book covers Jewish community life, the legal status of Jews in Syria, their relationship with their Muslim and Christian neighbours, and their links with the West. It draws on a wide range of archival material in six languages, including Jewish, Christian Arab, and Muslim Arab sources, Ottoman and European documents, consular reports, travel accounts, and reports from the contemporary press and by emissaries to Syria of the Alliance Israelite Universelle. Rabbinic sources, including the archive of the chief rabbinate in Istanbul, are particularly important in opening a window onto Syrian Jewish life and concerns. Together these sources bring to light an enormous amount of material and provide a broad, multifaceted perspective on the Syrian Jewish community. 'A work of impressive scholarship, offering new insights into and understanding of the impact of Ottoman reforms on the restructuring of the Syrian Jewish community. The anecdotal material is fascinating and the questioning of old stereotypes is important. It is not a study that will be easily surpassed: it represents many years of serious scholarship and the ability to challenge some old views with new data. It is definitely a book that anyone teaching Middle Eastern Jewry should read and assign to students. Descendants of that community in America should welcome its insights into their history and culture.' Jane Gerber The Hebrew edition of the book was the winner of the Ben Zvi Award for Research in Oriental Jewry in 2004

Intro -- Penser le lieu public à l'ère de la mondialisation -- Zone de tension et méditations -- Lieux précaires de la mobilité culturelle -- Le monde à l'envers -- Un joyeux calvaire, en somme -- La place Émilie-Gamelin : du souci de bien faire à l'aveu du désastre -- L'espoir d'une renaissance culturelle -- Un oubli dans l'équation -- L'impensé de l'architecture paysagère -- Paysage mis à mal -- De l'embellissement au nettoyage -- Droit de passage, droit d'être -- Le désastre du bien faire -- Autour de la place, les spectres d'Hubert Aquin -- Renaissances montréalaises -- Polyglottismes festifs -- Le palimpseste et l'oxymoron -- La fosse dans la filiation -- Trahisons dans la famille -- Impuissances énonciatives -- Fatigue des itinérants, ici ou ailleurs -- Les tenailles et le clivage -- L'aide de Coetzee pour penser l'itinérance -- L'homme jetable -- De l'acte criminel à la bohème -- Un nouvel imaginaire montréalais sans itinérants -- L'itinérant rebelle -- Marches entravées, marches harassantes -- Des points de rupture au retour de l'oxymoron -- Arasement tokyoïtes -- Des villes en marche accélérée -- Fatigue et défaillance des villes mondialisées -- Offense et défense -- Montréal-Tokyo-Montréal : une marche épuisante -- La parole refoulée : culture et espace public -- La culture en cause -- Les projets made in Montréal -- Économie tertiaire avancée et culture non linguistique -- La littérature sur les murs -- De l'analphabétisation de l'art à son asphaltisation -- Place de la culture -- La Main en zone de combat -- La culture d'en bas -- Ce que l'ATSA ne fait pas -- Que fait l'ATSA ? -- Faire éclater le cadre -- Le sens de la fabulation -- La place Émilie-Gamelin, l'avenir de Montréal ? -- Un sentiment d'urgence -- Les enfants du pays (retour à Hubert Aquin) -- Imaginaire de la dissociation -- Montréal assiégée par ses jeunes.