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Strangers in the West : the Syrian colony of New York City, 1880-1900

Title
Strangers in the West : the Syrian colony of New York City, 1880-1900 / Linda K. Jacobs.
Author
Jacobs, Linda K.
Publication
  • New York : Kalimah Press, [2015]
  • ©2015

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TextUse in library IEE (Syrians) 16-3322Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Description
xix, 474 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm
Summary
The never-before-told story of the Arab immigrants who settled in New York City, beginning in 1880. They came primarily from what was then known as "Greater Syria," and settled in tenements on the lower west side of Manhattan, founding an Arabic-speaking enclave just south of the future site of the World Trade Center. Arriving in the New World with little more than their resourcefulness and business acumen, these immigrants quickly built a thriving "colony" that was the cultural and economic center of the Syrian diaspora in America.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-448) and index.
Call Number
IEE (Syrians) 16-3322
ISBN
  • 0983539251
  • 9780983539254
LCCN
2015487274
OCLC
928239201
Author
Jacobs, Linda K., author.
Title
Strangers in the West : the Syrian colony of New York City, 1880-1900 / Linda K. Jacobs.
Publisher
New York : Kalimah Press, [2015]
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-448) and index.
Research Call Number
IEE (Syrians) 16-3322
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