Arab-American faces and voices : the origins of an immigrant community / Elizabeth Boosahda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boosahda, Elizabeth, 1926-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab Americans--Massachusetts--Worcester--History.

Arab Americans.

Arab Americans--Massachusetts--Worcester--History--Sources.

Arab Americans--Massachusetts--Worcester--Interviews.

Immigrants--Massachusetts--Worcester--History.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Massachusetts--Worcester--History--Sources.

Arabs--Migrations--History.

Arabs.

Worcester (Mass.)--Ethnic relations.

Worcester (Mass.).

Arab countries--Emigration and immigration--History.

Arab countries.

United States--Emigration and immigration--History.

United States.

Latin America--Emigration and immigration--History.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As Arab Americans seek to claim their communal identity and rightful place in American society at a time of heightened tension between the United States and the Middle East, an understanding look back at more than one hundred years of the Arab-American community is especially timely. In this book, Elizabeth Boosahda, a third-generation Arab American, draws on over two hundred personal interviews, as well as photographs and historical documents that are contemporaneous with the first generation of Arab Americans (Syrians, Lebanese, Palestinians), both Christians and Muslims, who immigrated to the Americas between 1880 and 1915, and their descendants. Boosahda focuses on the Arab-American community in Worcester, Massachusetts, a major northeastern center for Arab immigration, and Worcester's links to and similarities with Arab-American communities throughout North and South America. Using the voices of Arab immigrants and their families, she explores their entire experience, from emigration at the turn of the twentieth century to the present-day lives of their descendants. This rich documentation sheds light on many aspects of Arab-American life, including the Arab entrepreneurial motivation and success, family life, education, religious and community organizations, and the role of women in initiating immigration and the economic success they achieved.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

MAPS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

DISCLAIMER

Methodology: Data Collection

Chapter One HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Chapter Two MIGRATION

Chapter Three MULTICULTURAL AND MULTIRELIGIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS

Chapter Four WORK

Chapter Five TRADITION, EDUCATION, AND CULTURE

Chapter Six AMERICANIZATION

Chapter Seven LEGACY AND LINKAGE

Addendum I PRIVATE-SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS

Addendum II THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE ARAB WORLD AFTER WORLD WAR II

Genealogy EXPANDED KINSHIP IN ONE FAMILY

TIMELINE OF EASTERN ORTHODOX SYRIAN CHURCH (now under Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese)

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

ANNOTATED SUGGESTED READING

ORGANIZATIONS, COLLECTIONS, AND EXHIBITS

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF ARABIC TERMS

GENERAL INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-245) and indexes.

ISBN:

0-292-79888-1

OCLC:

609222561