Research Catalog

Title

Iranians in Chicagoland / Hamid Akbari and Azar Khounani.

Author

Akbarī, Ḥamīd.

Publication

Charleston, SC : Arcadia, ©2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

Khounani, Azar.

Description

128 pages : chiefly illustrations, maps, portraits; 24 cm.

Summary

In 1893, Haj Mirza Mohammad Ali Moen-Ol Saltaneh journeyed to Chicago from Iran to visit the World Columbian Exposition. According to his memoirs, the Exposition's Ferris Wheel was one of the first things he saw. He visited the Persian Palace, Iran's exhibit at the Exposition, where he met Iranian workers and several French dancers posing as Persian women. These Iranians were likely the earliest group of Iranians who came to Chicago. They little imagined that by 2004, at least 10,000 Iranians would live in the city.

Series Statement

Images of America

Uniform Title

Images of America

Subject

• Iranian Americans > Illinois > Chicago > History > Pictorial works
• Iranian Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Social life and customs > Pictorial works
• Iranian Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Biography > Pictorial works
• Ethnic relations
• Iranian Americans
• Iranian Americans > Social life and customs
• Manners and customs
• Chicago (Ill.) > History > Pictorial works
• Chicago (Ill.) > Social life and customs > Pictorial works
• Chicago (Ill.) > Biography > Pictorial works
• Chicago (Ill.) > Ethnic relations > Pictorial works
• Illinois > Chicago

Genre/Form

• Illustrated works.
• Biographies.
• Biographies – Pictorial works.
• History.
• Pictorial works.

Contents

Iranian roots and the Columbian exposition -- Historical, cultural, and artistic heritage -- Immigrant profiles and contributions -- Social and cultural activities and organizations -- Well-known visitors -- The next generation.

ISBN

• 0738533904
• 9780738533902

LCCN

2004118164

OCLC

• ocm60854890
• SCSB-9326687

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library