Muslims of the heartland : how Syrian immigrants made a home in the American Midwest / Edward E. Curtis IV.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curtis, Edward E., IV, 1970- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle West--Race relations--History--20th century.

Middle West.

Syrian Americans--Middle West--History--20th century.

Syrian Americans.

Muslims--Middle West--History--20th century.

Muslims.

Muslim families--Middle West--Social conditions.

Muslim families.

Race relations.

Genre:

History.

Informational works.

Physical Description:

x, 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Other Title:

How Syrian immigrants made a home in the American Midwest

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"This book rejects the stereotype of the Midwest as bleached-out Christian country. It unearths a surprising and intimate history of the first two generations of Syrian Muslims in the Midwest who, in spite of discrimination, created a life that was Arab, American, and Muslim all at the same time"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Muslim South Dakota from Kadoka to Sioux Falls

Homesteading western North Dakota

Peddling in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a town of ethnic tradition

Michigan City, Indiana, and Syrian Muslim industrial workers

Muslim life and the agricultural depression in North Dakota

Cedar Rapids' grocery business and the growth of a Muslim midwestern town

From Sioux Falls and Michigan City to Detroit, capital of the Muslim Midwest

Conclusion: a big party in the 1950s.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Arab American Book Award - The Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Award, Winner, 2023

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781479812561

1479812560

OCLC:

1257315226

Publisher Number:

40030966583