Becoming American: The Early Arab Immigrant Experience (M.E.R.I. Special Studies)

Becoming American: The Early Arab Immigrant Experience (M.E.R.I. Special Studies)
Professor Alixa Naff PhD (Author)
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Syria

A unique study in American immigra­tion and assimilation history that also provides a special view of one of the smaller ethnic groups in American society.

 

Naff focuses on the pre-World War I pio­neering generation of Arabic-speaking immigrants, the generation that set the patterns for settlement and assimilation. Unlike many immigrants who were drawn to the United States by dreams of industrial jobs or to escape religious or economic persecution, most of these ar­tisans and owners of small, disconnected plots of land came to America to engage in the enterprise of peddling. Most planned to stay two or three years and re­turn to their homelands.

• Rank: #119218 in Books
• Published on: 1993-03-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.37" h x 6.42" w x .0" l, 1.25 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 392 pages

Between Arab and White: Race and Ethnicity in the Early Syrian American Diaspora (American Crossroads)

Between Arab and White: Race and Ethnicity in the Early Syrian American Diaspora (American Crossroads)
Sarah Gualtieri (Author)

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Syria

This multifaceted study of Syrian immigration to the United States places Syrians-- and Arabs more generally--at the center of discussions about race and racial formation from which they have long been marginalized. Between Arab and White focuses on the first wave of Arab immigration and settlement in the United States in the years before World War II, but also continues the story up to the present. It presents an original analysis of the ways in which people mainly from current day Lebanon and Syria--the largest group of Arabic-speaking immigrants before World War II--came to view themselves in racial terms and position themselves within racial hierarchies as part of a broader process of ethnic identity formation.

• Rank: #86470 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.02" h x .75" w x 5.98" l, .88 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 296 pages

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by Sarah Gualtieri - California-Princeton Fulfillment Services (2009) - Paperback - ISBN 0520255348 9780520255340

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Categories: Syrian Americans->History, United States->Race relations. Contributors: Sarah Gualtieri - Author. Format: Paperback

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Categories: Syrian Americans->History, United States->Race relations. Contributors: Sarah Gualtieri - Author. Format: Paperback