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020 _a9781479812561
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020 _a1479812560
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035 _a(OCoLC)1257315226
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_z(OCoLC)1301273653
040 _aDLC
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043 _an-usc--
049 _aNFGA
092 _a973.0492
_bC978
100 1 _aCurtis, Edward E.,
_cIV,
_d1970-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMuslims of the heartland :
_bhow Syrian immigrants made a home in the American Midwest /
_cEdward E. Curtis IV.
246 3 0 _aHow Syrian immigrants made a home in the American Midwest
264 1 _aNew York :
_bNew York University Press,
_c[2022]
300 _ax, 239 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aMuslim 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.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher
650 0 _aSyrian Americans
_zMiddle West
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aMuslims
_zMiddle West
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aMuslim families
_zMiddle West
_xSocial conditions.
651 0 _aMiddle West
_xRace relations
_xHistory
_y20th century.
655 7 _aInformational works.
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