| Description |
ix, 355 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the Arab immigrant experience / Michael W. Suleiman -- Attachment and identity : the Palestinian community of Detroit / May Seikaly -- Jordanian migrants in Texas and Ohio : the quest for education and work in a global society / Richard T. Antoun -- A look at differing ideologies among Shiʻa Muslims in the United States / Linda S. Walbridge -- Arabs and the American legal system : cultural and political ramifications / Fatima Agha Al-Hayani -- A closer look at anti-terrorism law : American-Arab anti-discrimination committee v. Reno and the construction of aliens' rights / Kathleen M. Moore -- Legal perspectives on Arabs and Muslims in U.S. courts / Mohamed Mattar -- Teens-between : the public and private spheres of Arab-Canadian adolescents / Sharon McIrvin Abu-Laban and Baha Abu-Laban -- Family and ethnic identity in an Arab-American community / Kristine Ajrouch -- Arab-Canadian youth in immigrant family life / Baha Abu-Laban and Sharon McIrvin Abu-Laban -- Arab-American health and the process of coming to America : lessons from the Metropolitan Detroit area / Rosina Hassoun -- Attitudes of Arab immigrants toward welfare / Barbara C. Aswad -- The deteriorating ethnic safety net among Arab immigrants in Chicago / Louise Cainkar -- Not quite white : race classification and the Arab-American experience / Helen Hatab Samhan -- Debating Palestine : Arab-American challenges to Zionism, 1917-1932 / Lawrence Davidson -- Community and political activism among Arab Americans in Detroit / Janice J. Terry -- Against the grain of the nation : the Arab / Suad Joseph -- Far-off and fascinating things : Wadeeha Atiyeh and images of Arabs in the American popular theater, 1930-1950 / Lori Anne Salem -- Arabs in Canada : assimilation or integration? / Ibrahim Hayani -- Resisting invisibility : Arab Americans in academia and activism / Therese Saliba -- Arab-American ethnicity : location, coalitions, and cultural negotiations / Lisa Suhair Majaj. |
| Subject |
Arab Americans -- Social conditions.
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| Added Author |
Suleiman, Michael W.
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| ISBN |
156639726X alkaline paper |
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9781566397261 alkaline paper |
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1566397278 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781566397278 paperback alkaline paper |
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