A History of the Syrian Community of Grand Rapids, 1890-1945: From the Beqaa to the Grand

James Goode

A History of the Syrian Community of Grand Rapids, 1890-1945: From the Beqaa to the Grand
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Gorgias Press
Country
United States
Published
6 February 2013
Pages
168
ISBN
9781617190285

A History of the Syrian Community of Grand Rapids, 1890-1945: From the Beqaa to the Grand

James Goode

This book provides the first history of the old Syrian community of Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1890-1945, focusing on the slow process of ethnic acculturation during which community members developed a hybrid culture. Unlike some Middle Eastern immigrant groups, these Syrians were able to maintain their identity by establishing their own churches, which still exist today. At every opportunity this group is situated within the larger historical context, the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the French Mandate in Syria, the Progressive Movement, the Americanization program of the 1920s, the Great Depression and the two world wars.

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