Inventing home : emigration, gender, and the middle class in Lebanon, 1870-1920 /

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Between 1890 and 1920 over one-third of the peasants of Mount Lebanon left their villages and traveled to the Americas. This book traces the journeys of these villagers from the ranks of the peasantry into a middle class of their own making. Inventing Home delves into the stories of these travels, s...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Khater, Akram Fouad, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Series:Online access: California Digital Library UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004 (Open Access)
Subjects:
Lebanese > United States > History.
Return migration > Lebanon > History.
Sex role > Lebanon > History.
Middle class > Lebanon > History.
Migration de retour > Liban > Histoire.
Rôle selon le sexe > Liban > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese
Middle class
Return migration
Sex role
Auswanderung
Emigratie.
Culturele identiteit.
Geschichte 1870-1920.
Lebanon > Emigration and immigration > History.
Lebanon
United States
Libanon
USA
History
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