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A history of the Syrian community of Grand Rapids, 1890-1945 : from the Beqaa to the Grand / by James Goode.
- Title
- A history of the Syrian community of Grand Rapids, 1890-1945 : from the Beqaa to the Grand / by James Goode.
- Author
- Goode, James F., 1944-
- Publication
- Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press LLC, 2013.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Request in advance | F574.G7 G39 2013 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 161 pages : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- This book provides the first history of the old Syrian community of Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1890-1945. The study focuses on the slow process of ethnic acculturation during which members of the community developed a hybrid culture, drawing on elements of the old and the new.
- Series Statement
- Munaqashat : Gorgias monographs in Middle Eastern studies ; 1
- Uniform Title
- Munaqashat, Gorgias monographs in Middle Eastern studies 1.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The long journey -- Doing business in America -- Upon this rock -- The family first -- A Muslim minority -- A community transformed -- Fading memories.
- ISBN
- 1617190284
- 9781617190285
- OCLC
- 815835693
- SCSB-10547983
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library