Assyrians in Yonkers : : Reminiscences of a Community / / John Pierre Ameer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Ameer, John Pierre,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Prologue --; Chapter 1: Saturdays --; Chapter 2: Flight --; Chapter 3: Church --; Chapter 4: Chai --; Chapter 5: The Block --; Chapter 6: Trips --; Epilogue
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463214388; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463214388
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John Pierre Ameer.

This book is Dr. Ameer’s reflection on growing up within the small community of Assyrian Christians in Yonkers, New York. He uses the year 1946 as an orientation for his discussion of that ethnic community, city, and time in history. The book enables readers to reflect on those aspects of community critical to civic support and on the process of successful assimilation in mid-twentieth century America. The author describes the experience of living in an ethnically, religiously, and racially diverse society. This will be of particular interest to people concerned with sustaining the idea of community in American life.