Arab-American faces and voices : the origins of an immigrant community /

Arab-American faces and voices : the origins of an immigrant community /

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"As Arab Americans seek to claim their communal identity and rightful place in American society at a time of heightened tension between the United States and the Middle East, an understanding look back at more than one hundred years of the Arab-American community is especially timely. In this b...

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Main Author: Boosahda, Elizabeth, 1926-2017
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2003.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Arab Americans > Massachusetts > Worcester > History.
Arab Americans > Massachusetts > Worcester > History > Sources.
Arab Americans > Massachusetts > Worcester > Interviews.
Immigrants > Massachusetts > Worcester > History.
Immigrants > Massachusetts > Worcester > History > Sources.
Arabs > Migrations > History.
Worcester (Mass.) > Ethnic relations.
Arab countries > Emigration and immigration > History.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History.
Latin America > Emigration and immigration > History.
History.
Interviews.
Sources.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Methodology: Data Collection
  • Historical Background
  • Migration
  • Multicultural and Multireligious Neighborhoods
  • Work
  • Tradition, Education, and Culture
  • Americanization
  • Legacy and Linkage
  • Addendum I: Private-Sector Organizations
  • Syrian Brotherhood Orthodox Society, 1905
  • Young Mahiethett Society, 1916
  • Addendum II: The Middle East and the Arab World after World War II
  • Genealogy: Expanded Kinship in One Family
  • Timeline: Eastern Orthodox Syrian Christian Church.

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