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Sweet Greeks : first-generation immigrant confectioners in the heartland / Ann Flesor Beck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beck, Ann Flesor, 1954- author.
- Series:
- Heartland foodways.
- Illinois scholarship online.
- Heartland foodways
- Illinois scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greek Americans--History.
- Greek Americans.
- Immigrants--United States--History.
- Immigrants.
- Greeks--Illinois--History.
- Greeks.
- Immigrants--Illinois--History.
- Greece--Emigration and immigration--History.
- Greece.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- This narrative is about Greek immigrants to America from 1880 to 1930. Unlike previous studies focusing on immigrant communities in major cities, this is a rural study, examining the Greeks who settled in central Illinois's small towns and opened confectioneries and soda fountains. The author's grandfather Gus Flesor was one of these, coming to Tuscola, Illinois, in 1901 and taking over the candy shop there. Gus's shop is still in business today, run by the author and her sister. Gus's experience serves as a case study that informs the stories of more than 100 other Greek confectioners who settled in over forty towns in central Illinois. The author describes why the Greeks came to America and recounts the obstacles they faced after arrival and their attempts to acculturate and assimilate and become confectioners.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Foundations
- Chapter 2. The Journey: 1880-1930
- Chapter 3. Acculturation and Americanization
- Chapter 4. Finding a Niche in Chicago and St. Louis
- Chapter 5. Greeks vs. Goblins
- Chapter 6. My Grandfather and His Mentors
- Chapter 7. Small-City Greek Confectioners
- Chapter 8. Small-Town Greek Confectioners
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 30, 2021).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780252043406
- 0252043405
- OCLC:
- 1237868745
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