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A History of the Syrian Community of Grand Rapids, 1890-1945 : From the Beqaa to the Grand / James F. Goode.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Munaqashat: Gorgias Studies in the Modern Middle EastPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781617190285
  • 9781463235062
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- I. The Long Journey -- II. Doing Business in America -- III. Upon this Rock -- IV. The Family First -- V. A Muslim Minority -- VI. A Community Transformed -- VII. Fading Memories -- Acknowledgements -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Summary: This book provides the first history of the old Syrian community of Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1890-1945, focusing on the slow process of ethnic acculturation during which community members developed a hybrid culture. Unlike some Middle Eastern immigrant groups, these Syrians were able to maintain their identity by establishing their own churches, which still exist today. At every opportunity this group is situated within the larger historical context, the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the French Mandate in Syria, the Progressive Movement, the Americanization program of the 1920s, the Great Depression and the two world wars.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781463235062

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- I. The Long Journey -- II. Doing Business in America -- III. Upon this Rock -- IV. The Family First -- V. A Muslim Minority -- VI. A Community Transformed -- VII. Fading Memories -- Acknowledgements -- Select Bibliography -- Index

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This book provides the first history of the old Syrian community of Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1890-1945, focusing on the slow process of ethnic acculturation during which community members developed a hybrid culture. Unlike some Middle Eastern immigrant groups, these Syrians were able to maintain their identity by establishing their own churches, which still exist today. At every opportunity this group is situated within the larger historical context, the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the French Mandate in Syria, the Progressive Movement, the Americanization program of the 1920s, the Great Depression and the two world wars.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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