A History of the Syrian Community of Grand Rapids, 1890-1945 : : From the Beqaa to the Grand / / James F. Goode.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Goode, James F.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Munaqashat: Gorgias Studies in the Modern Middle East
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Preface --; I. The Long Journey --; II. Doing Business in America --; III. Upon this Rock --; IV. The Family First --; V. A Muslim Minority --; VI. A Community Transformed --; VII. Fading Memories --; Acknowledgements --; Select Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463235062; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463235062
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: James F. Goode.

This book provides the first history of the old Syrian community of Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1890-1945, focusing on the slow process of ethnic acculturation during which community members developed a hybrid culture. Unlike some Middle Eastern immigrant groups, these Syrians were able to maintain their identity by establishing their own churches, which still exist today. At every opportunity this group is situated within the larger historical context, the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the French Mandate in Syria, the Progressive Movement, the Americanization program of the 1920s, the Great Depression and the two world wars.