Muslims of the heartland : how Syrian immigrants made a home in the American Midwest /
Curtis, Edward E., IV, 1970-
Muslims of the heartland : how Syrian immigrants made a home in the American Midwest / How Syrian immigrants made a home in the American Midwest Edward E. Curtis IV. - x, 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"--
9781479812561 1479812560
40030966583
2021014002
GBC214147 bnb
020472100 Uk
Syrian Americans--History--Middle West--20th century.
Muslims--History--Middle West--20th century.
Muslim families--Social conditions.--Middle West
Middle West--Race relations--History--20th century.
Informational works.
Muslims of the heartland : how Syrian immigrants made a home in the American Midwest / How Syrian immigrants made a home in the American Midwest Edward E. Curtis IV. - x, 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"--
9781479812561 1479812560
40030966583
2021014002
GBC214147 bnb
020472100 Uk
Syrian Americans--History--Middle West--20th century.
Muslims--History--Middle West--20th century.
Muslim families--Social conditions.--Middle West
Middle West--Race relations--History--20th century.
Informational works.