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The Arab Americans (The New Americans)
Randa A. Kayyali
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Description for The Arab Americans (The New Americans)
hardcover. Americans of Arab heritage have made major contributions to U.S. society. This book provides an overview for a general audience of their immigration patterns, settlement, adaptation, and assimilation. It discusses their history, and looks at the successive waves of immigrants. Series: The New Americans. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 473.
Americans of Arab heritage have made major contributions to U.S. society, and this is a timely and unique overview of their immigration patterns, settlement, adaptation, and assimilation for a general audience. The first wave of Arab immigrants, mostly Christian men from Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria, arrived in the United States between 1880 and 1925. This book discusses their history as it looks at the successive waves of immigrants, including the post-1965 immigrants, who have brought more diversity to the Arab American community. The latest immigrants have included more Muslims, many are from Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan. The continuing interest in ... Read more
Americans of Arab heritage have made major contributions to U.S. society, and this is a timely and unique overview of their immigration patterns, settlement, adaptation, and assimilation for a general audience. The first wave of Arab immigrants, mostly Christian men from Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria, arrived in the United States between 1880 and 1925. This book discusses their history as it looks at the successive waves of immigrants, including the post-1965 immigrants, who have brought more diversity to the Arab American community. The latest immigrants have included more Muslims, many are from Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan. The continuing interest in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Greenwood United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
The New Americans
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780313332197
SKU
V9780313332197
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About Randa A. Kayyali
Randa A. Kayyali is a PhD candidate at George Mason University and has written on Arab American issues.
Reviews for The Arab Americans (The New Americans)
Interest in Arab Americans has grown exponentially since 9/11, resulting in new works trying to bring awareness and understanding of the Arab American community. Given the internal diversity and extensive historical immigration of persons from the Arab world, accomplishing this is no easy task. Kayyali tries to do so, building on the corpus of previous research and writing on the ... Read more