Becoming American: The Early Arab Immigrant Experience (M.E.R.I. Special Studies)
Alixa Naff
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.
Thể loại:
Năm:
1993
In lần thứ:
1st
Nhà xuát bản:
Southern Illinois University Press
Ngôn ngữ:
english
ISBN 10:
0809318962
ISBN 13:
9780809318964
File:
EPUB, 1.31 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 1993