Between Arab and White: Race and Ethnicity in the Early Syrian

Between Arab and White: Race and Ethnicity in the Early Syrian American Diaspora (Volume 26) (American Crossroads)

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.
Country USA
Brand University of California Press
Manufacturer University of California Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780520255340
ReleaseDate 2009-05-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780520255340

Country	USA
Brand	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780520255340
ReleaseDate	2009-05-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780520255340

Between Arab and White: Race and Ethnicity in the Early Syrian American Diaspora (Volume 26) (American Crossroads)