Goode A History of the Syrian Community of Grand Rapids, 1890-1945

From the Beqaa to the Grand
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4632-3506-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 168 Seiten

Reihe: Munaqashat: Gorgias Studies in the Modern Middle East

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goode, James F.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Table of Contents (page 5)
- Preface (page 7)
- I. The Long Journey (page 13)
- II. Doing Business in America (page 41)
- III. Upon This Rock (page 63)
- IV. The Family First (page 83)
- V. A Muslim Minority (page 105)
- VI. A Community Transformed (page 119)
- VII. Fading Memories (page 141)
- Acknowledgements (page 151)
- Select Bibliography (page 153)
- Index (page 159)