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Race in Transit : Tracing the Politics of Migration from Ottoman Syria Through US Empire.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tawil, Randa.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Syrians.
- Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- At the turn of the twentieth century, life in Ottoman Syria was upended by European and US colonial and capital expansion.Many people responded by migrating to the United States.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half-title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Syrians and the Global Color Line
- One. Changing Tides in Beirut
- Two. Disease, Containment, and the Business of Transit in Europe
- Three. Policing Sexuality Along the US-Mexico Borderlands
- Four. Syrian Patriarchy and Capitalism in US Imperial Outposts
- Five. War, Migration, and Marriage in the Continental United State
- Epilogue: Provincializing the United States
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 1-5036-4686-6
- 9781503646865
- OCLC:
- 1583698072
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