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Prairie peddlers : the Syrian-Lebanese in North Dakota
- Title
- Prairie peddlers : the Syrian-Lebanese in North Dakota / William C. Sherman, Paul L. Whitney, John Guerrero.
- Author
- Sherman, William C. (William Charles), 1927-
- Publication
- [Bismarck, N.D.] : University of Mary Press, [2002]
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- vi, 404 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Syrian-Lebanese in North Dakota
- Subjects
- Lebanese Americans > North Dakota > History
- Syrian Americans > North Dakota > Registers
- North Dakota > Genealogy
- Syrian Americans > North Dakota > History
- Lebanese Americans > North Dakota > Biography
- Lebanese Americans > North Dakota > Registers
- Lebanese Americans > Cultural assimilation > North Dakota
- Syrian Americans > Cultural assimilation > North Dakota
- Immigrants > North Dakota > History
- Syrian Americans > North Dakota > Biography
- Note
- The appendix includes the name of every person of Arab background found to be living in the state in U.S. Census data for 1900, 1910, and 1920. It also includes naturalization records, land acquisitions records, list of veterans, name changes, and a list of WPA interviewees.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-287) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Geography of Lebanon -- 2. History -- 3. Religion -- 4. Village life: marriage and family life -- 5. Schools -- 6. Unrest and departure -- 7. Passage to the New World -- 8. Lebanese dispersal: America, North Dakota -- 9. Peddling -- 10. Homesteading: farming -- 11. Shopkeepers: the first decade -- 12. Railroads -- 13. Syrian enclaves -- 14. How others saw them; prejudice? -- 15. Naturalization -- 16. Cohesion: strengths and weaknesses -- 17. Into the mainstream -- 18. Food and drink -- 19. Different and the same -- 20. An overview -- 21. Nostalgia: returns, modern tourism -- Appendices.
- Call Number
- IEE (Lebanese) 09-7230
- ISBN
- 0965288005
- 9780965288002
- LCCN
- 2004301358
- OCLC
- 49757933
- Author
- Sherman, William C. (William Charles), 1927-
- Title
- Prairie peddlers : the Syrian-Lebanese in North Dakota / William C. Sherman, Paul L. Whitney, John Guerrero.
- Imprint
- [Bismarck, N.D.] : University of Mary Press, [2002] (2004 printing).
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-287) and index.
- Added Author
- Whitney, Paul L., 1954-Guerrero, John.
- Research Call Number
- IEE (Lebanese) 09-7230