| Between Arab and White: Race and Ethnicity in the Early Syrian American Diaspora Volume 26 Contributor(s): Gualtieri, Sarah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520255348 ISBN-13: 9780520255340 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: This multifaceted study of Syrian immigration to the United States places Syrians-- and Arabs more generally--at the center of discussions about race and racial formation from which they have long been marginalized. "Between Arab and White "focuses on the first wave of Arab immigration and settlement in the United States in the years before World War II, but also continues the story up to the present. It presents an original analysis of the ways in which people mainly from current day Lebanon and Syria--the largest group of Arabic-speaking immigrants before World War II--came to view themselves in racial terms and position themselves within racial hierarchies as part of a broader process of ethnic identity formation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 327.595 |
| LCCN: 2009003364 |
| Series: American Crossroads |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.85 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Ethnic Orientation - Arabic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This multifaceted study of Syrian immigration to the United States places Syrians- and Arabs more generally-at the center of discussions about race and racial formation from which they have long been marginalized. Between Arab and White focuses on the first wave of Arab immigration and settlement in the United States in the years before World War II, but also continues the story up to the present. It presents an original analysis of the ways in which people mainly from current day Lebanon and Syria-the largest group of Arabic-speaking immigrants before World War II-came to view themselves in racial terms and position themselves within racial hierarchies as part of a broader process of ethnic identity formation. |