Becoming American

the early Arab immigrant experience

Author: Alixa Naff
ISBN: 0809312069

A unique study in American immigra­tion and assimilation history that also provides a special view of one of the smaller ethnic groups in American society. Naff focuses on the pre-World War I pio­neering generation of Arabic-speaking immigrants, the generation that set the patterns for settlement and assimilation. Unlike many immigrants who were drawn to the United States by dreams of industrial jobs or to escape religious or economic persecution, most of these ar­tisans and owners of small, disconnected plots of land came to America to engage in the enterprise of peddling. Most planned to stay two or three years and re­turn to their homelands.

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Publish Date: 1985

Subjects: Arab Americans/ History, Arab Americans, Peddlers and peddling/ United States/ History, Peddlers and peddling, Peddlers, Peddling, Syrian Americans/ History, Syrian Americans, History / Middle East / General, History / United States / General, Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural, Social Science / Emigration & Immigration

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Cross-Cultural Center (Location: Middle-East/Desi Studies (MEDS))