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New York's little Syria, 18810-1935

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Date Issued:
2014
Summary:
This thesis argues that, from 1880 to 1935, Syrian immigrants, who comprised an enclave on the Lower West Side of Manhattan in New York City, sought to control the pace and extent of their assimilation into mainstream American society, by distancing themselves from their ethnicity, or by using their ethnicity to their advantage, or by combining both approaches to varying degrees, as they determined individually, rather than monolithically.
Title: New York's little Syria, 18810-1935.
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Name(s): Shibley, Gregory J., author
Sanua, Marianne R., Thesis advisor
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Department of History
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Created: 2014
Date Issued: 2014
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 282 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: This thesis argues that, from 1880 to 1935, Syrian immigrants, who comprised an enclave on the Lower West Side of Manhattan in New York City, sought to control the pace and extent of their assimilation into mainstream American society, by distancing themselves from their ethnicity, or by using their ethnicity to their advantage, or by combining both approaches to varying degrees, as they determined individually, rather than monolithically.
Identifier: FA00004160 (IID)
Degree granted: Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2014.
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Includes bibliography.
Subject(s): Syrians--United States--Emigration and immigration--19th century.
Syrians--United States--Emigration and immigration--20th century.
Syrians--United States--History--19th century.
Syrians--United States--History--20th century.
Syrian Americans--Ethnicity--History--20th century.
Arab Americans--New York--Social conditions--19th century.
Arab Americans--New York--Social conditions--20th century.
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