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Muslims of the Heartland : How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest /

"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 tim...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Curtis, Edward E., IV, 1970- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : New York University Press, [2022]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.