Title:
Muslims of the heartland : how Syrian immigrants made a home in the American Midwest / Edward E. Curtis IV.
ISBN:
9781479812561
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Publication Information:
New York : New York University Press, [2021]
Physical Description:
238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Awards Note:
Winner of the Arab American Book Award (Nonfiction / 2023)
Contents:
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.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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OCLC Number:
on1298705361
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