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

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' Groce...

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Subtitles:How Syrian immigrants made a home in the American Midwest
Main Author: Curtis, Edward E. 1970- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York New York University Press [2021]
In:Year: 2021
Further subjects:B Syrian Americans (Middle West) History 20th century
B Middle West Race relations History 20th century
B Muslim families (Middle West) Social conditions
B Muslims (Middle West) History 20th century
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Summary: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"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1479812560