The Arab American Way: The Success Story of an American Family from a Syrian Village in Global Diaspora
Nowadays, it is possible to encounter people who are able to trace their roots back to Arab countries in almost every nation of the “New World.” That also includes approximately four million citizens of the United States, who live primarily in large metropolitan areas and in the eastern part of the...
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Göttingen University Press
2008-12-01
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| description | Nowadays, it is possible to encounter people who are able to trace their roots back to Arab countries in almost every nation of the “New World.” That also includes approximately four million citizens of the United States, who live primarily in large metropolitan areas and in the eastern part of the country. Taking a large family and the associated clan of this group as an example, it is possible to show how Arab migrants, dispersed all over the globe, associate the different underlying conditions in countries of democratic America. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-46f9c4ca0bdc45e0b51f634ee24c74be2022-12-22T01:27:04ZengGöttingen University PressAmerican Studies Journal1433-52392008-12-01524The Arab American Way: The Success Story of an American Family from a Syrian Village in Global DiasporaAnton EscherNowadays, it is possible to encounter people who are able to trace their roots back to Arab countries in almost every nation of the “New World.” That also includes approximately four million citizens of the United States, who live primarily in large metropolitan areas and in the eastern part of the country. Taking a large family and the associated clan of this group as an example, it is possible to show how Arab migrants, dispersed all over the globe, associate the different underlying conditions in countries of democratic America.http://www.asjournal.org/archive/52/152.htmlArab AmericansU.S.United StatesAmericaSyriacommunicationnetworksimmigrationimmigrantsglobalizationtransnationalArabMiddle East |
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| title | The Arab American Way: The Success Story of an American Family from a Syrian Village in Global Diaspora |
| title_full | The Arab American Way: The Success Story of an American Family from a Syrian Village in Global Diaspora |
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| title_short | The Arab American Way: The Success Story of an American Family from a Syrian Village in Global Diaspora |
| title_sort | arab american way the success story of an american family from a syrian village in global diaspora |
| topic | Arab Americans U.S. United States America Syria communication networks immigration immigrants globalization transnational Arab Middle East |
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