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100 1 _aCurtis, Edward E.,
_cIV,
_d1970-
_eauthor.
_9753008
245 1 0 _aMuslims of the heartland:
_bhow Syrian immigrants made a home in the American Midwest
246 3 0 _aHow Syrian immigrants made a home in the American Midwest
260 _aNew York, USA:
_bNew York University Press,
_c2022.
264 1 _c[2022]
300 _ax, 239p.
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
365 _b19.95
_cUSD
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aMuslim 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.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aSyrian Americans
_zMiddle West
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_9753009
650 0 _aMuslims
_zMiddle West
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_9753010
650 0 _aMuslim families
_zMiddle West
_xSocial conditions.
_9753011
651 0 _aMiddle West
_xRace relations
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_9753012
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