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Muslims of the heartland: how Syrian immigrants made a home in the American Midwest

By: Material type: TextPublisher: [2022]Description: x, 239p. illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781479812561
Other title:
  • How Syrian immigrants made a home in the American Midwest
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • F358.2.S98 C87 2022
Other classification:
  • U426.466-73 R2
Contents:
Muslim South Dakota from Kadoka to Sioux Falls -- Homesteading Western North Dakota -- Peddling in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a Town of Ethnic Tradition -- Michigan City, Indiana, and Syrian Muslim Industrial Workers -- Muslim Life and the Agricultural Depression in North Dakota -- Cedar Rapids' Grocery Business and the Growth of a Muslim Midwestern Town -- From Sioux Falls and Michigan City to Detroit, Capital of the Muslim Midwest -- Conclusion: A Big Party in the 1950s.
Summary: "This book rejects the stereotype of the Midwest as bleached-out Christian country. It unearths a surprising and intimate history of the first two generations of Syrian Muslims in the Midwest who, in spite of discrimination, created a life that was Arab, American, and Muslim all at the same time"-- Provided by publisher.
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Textbook Central Library Central Library U426.466-73 R2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CL1681755

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Muslim South Dakota from Kadoka to Sioux Falls -- Homesteading Western North Dakota -- Peddling in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a Town of Ethnic Tradition -- Michigan City, Indiana, and Syrian Muslim Industrial Workers -- Muslim Life and the Agricultural Depression in North Dakota -- Cedar Rapids' Grocery Business and the Growth of a Muslim Midwestern Town -- From Sioux Falls and Michigan City to Detroit, Capital of the Muslim Midwest -- Conclusion: A Big Party in the 1950s.

"This book rejects the stereotype of the Midwest as bleached-out Christian country. It unearths a surprising and intimate history of the first two generations of Syrian Muslims in the Midwest who, in spite of discrimination, created a life that was Arab, American, and Muslim all at the same time"-- Provided by publisher.

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