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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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | E184.S98 J33 2015 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xix, 474 pages : illustrations; 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.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-448) and index.
- ISBN
- 0983539251
- 9780983539254
- LCCN
- 2015487274
- OCLC
- ocn928239201
- SCSB-1849269
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library