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.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Syrian Americans.

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

Muslims.

Muslim families--Middle West--Social conditions.

Muslim families.

Middle West.

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

Genre:

Documents d'information.

Informational works.

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 pages)

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 index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4798-1257-9

OCLC:

1283858705