Greeks in Michigan / Stavros K. Frangos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frangos, Stavros.

Series:

Discovering the peoples of Michigan.

Discovering the peoples of Michigan

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek Americans--Michigan--History.

Greek Americans.

Greek Americans--Michigan--Social conditions.

Michigan--Ethnic relations.

Michigan.

Michigan--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (94 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The influence of Greek culture on Michigan began long before the first Greeks arrived. The American settlers of the Old Northwest Territory had definite notions of Greeks and Greek culture. America and its developing society and culture were to be the ""New Athens,"" a locale where the resurgence in the values and ideals of classical Greece were to be reborn. Stavros K. Frangos describes how such preconceptions and the competing desires to retain heritage and to assimilate have shaped the Greek experience in Michigan. From the padrone system to the church communities, Greek institut

Contents:

Contents; Greece and the American Imagination; The Greek War of Independence: The 1821 Detroit Press Coverage; Going to the "Ksentia": The Mass Migration, 1891-1921; Greek Communities in Michigan; Public Presentations of Ethnicity; The Man with the Branded Hand; American-Greek Society in Michigan, 2001 and Beyond; Notes; For Further Reference; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-77) and index.

ISBN:

0-87013-914-2

OCLC:

607902482