Prairie peddlers : the Syrian-Lebanese in North Dakota William C. Sherman, Paul L. Whitney, John Guerrero

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sherman, William C. (William Charles), 1927-

Contributor:

Whitney, Paul L., 1954-

Guerrero, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lebanese Americans--North Dakota--History.

Lebanese Americans.

Lebanese Americans--North Dakota--Biography.

Lebanese Americans--Cultural assimilation--North Dakota.

Lebanese Americans--North Dakota--Registers.

Syrian Americans--North Dakota--History.

Syrian Americans.

Syrian Americans--North Dakota--Biography.

Syrian Americans--Cultural assimilation--North Dakota.

Syrian Americans--North Dakota--Registers.

North Dakota--Genealogy.

North Dakota.

Immigrants--North Dakota--History.

Immigrants.

Physical Description:

vi, 404 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Other Title:

Syrian-Lebanese in North Dakota

Place of Publication:

[Bismarck, N.D.] : University of Mary Press, [2002]

Contents:

1. Geography of Lebanon

2. History

3. Religion

4. Village life: marriage and family life

5. Schools

6. Unrest and departure

7. Passage to the New World

8. Lebanese dispersal: America, North Dakota

9. Peddling

10. Homesteading: farming

11. Shopkeepers: the first decade

12. Railroads

13. Syrian enclaves

14. How others saw them; prejudice?

15. Naturalization

16. Cohesion: strengths and weaknesses

17. Into the mainstream

18. Food and drink

19. Different and the same

20. An overview

21. Nostalgia: returns, modern tourism

Appendices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-287) and index.

The appendix includes the name of every person of Arab background found to be living in the state in U.S. Census data for 1900, 1910, and 1920. It also includes naturalization records, land acquisitions records, list of veterans, name changes, and a list of WPA interviewees.

Local Notes:

The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.

ISBN:

0965288005

OCLC:

49757933