| Description |
xix, 500 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"Some of this book was published in 1988, in different form, under the title Before the flames, by the University of Texas Press"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-473) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgments --Introduction -- Generations reunite in Arbeen, Syria -- Seed to the wind : The first wave of Arab immigration (1878-1924) -- The Stuff of Myths: Arab Adventurers in the New World -- The Withered Cedar: Why the Arabs Left Syria and Lebanon -- Who Am I? The Syrians Dock in America -- Transplanting the fig tree: The first generation on American soil (1924-1947) -- The Depression and the Syrian Americans -- World War II -- Making a Name: First-Generation Notables -- The Palestine debacle: The second wave of Arab immigration (1948-1966) -- Syrian Americans React to the Brewing Palestine Conflict -- Immigrants from a Lost Palestine -- Other Second Wave Immigrants from Arab Regimes -- The third wave: West Bank captured, Lebanon torn asunder, Iraq wars with Iran, Kuwait, and the US (1967-2005) -- Iraqis, Yemenis, and Egyptian Copts -- Third Wave Palestinians and Lebanese -- The political awakening (1972-1981) -- The Association of Arab American University Graduates (AAUG) -- The National Association of Arab Americans (NAAA) -- The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) -- Back to Lebanon (1982-1983) -- Before the Flames -- The Israeli invasion of Lebanon -- All fall down -- Stumbling toward peace (1984-2000) -- The Cases of Alex Odeh and the L.A. 8 -- The Coleico Doll and the First Intifada -- The First Gulf War Triggers Hate Crimes -- The Oslo Peace Process -- Access White House or Affirmative Action? -- The Death of Oslo and the Second Intifada -- After the flames: Arab Americans and American fear (2001-2004) -- September 11 and the Patriot Act -- War with Afghanistan and Iraq -- Front and Center -- What do Arab Americans Want? -- Ongoing Achievement -- To Be or Not to Be Arab American: A Look at the Literature -- A celebration of community -- Center of the World (Washington, DC) -- Food You Can Trust (Detroit, MI) -- Dance over the Death Home (Brooklyn, NY) -- The Slave of Balfour House (Vicksburg, MS) -- The Mosque and the Prairie (Ross, ND) -- A Porch in Pasadena (Los Angelos, CA) -- Epilogue -- Appendixes: Number of Arrivals in the United States from Turkey in Asia, by Sex, 1869-1898 -- Number of Arrivals from Syria in the United States by Sex, 1899-1924 -- Arab Immigration to the United States, 1948-1985 -- Arab Immigration to the United States, 1986-2003 -- Arab Eastern Rite Christian, Muslim, and Druze Population in the United States -- Religious Affiliations of Arab Americans -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Orfalea, Gregory, 1949- -- Travel -- United States.
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Arab Americans -- History.
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Arab Americans -- Social conditions.
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United States -- Description and travel.
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Arab Americans -- Biography.
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Orfalea, Gregory, 1949- (OCoLC)fst01479767
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Arab Americans. (OCoLC)fst00812200
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Arab Americans -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst00812208
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Arab Americans -- History.
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Arab Americans -- Social conditions.
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Orfalea, Gregory, 1949- -- Travel -- United States.
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United States -- Description and travel.
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Arab Americans -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biography (DNLM)D019215
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Orfalea, Gregory, 1949-
Before the flames.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Orfalea, Gregory, 1949- Arab Americans. Northampton, Mass. : Olive Branch Press, 2006 (OCoLC)652007686 |
| ISBN |
1566565979 (pbk.) |
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9781566565974 (pbk.) |
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1566566444 |
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9781566566445 |
| Standard No. |
9781566566445 |
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