Synopses & Reviews
This multifaceted study of Syrian immigration to the United States places Syriansand#151; and Arabs more generallyand#151;at the center of discussions about race and racial formation from which they have long been marginalized. Between Arab and White focuses on the first wave of Arab immigration and settlement in the United States in the years before World War II, but also continues the story up to the present. It presents an original analysis of the ways in which people mainly from current day Lebanon and Syriaand#151;the largest group of Arabic-speaking immigrants before World War IIand#151;came to view themselves in racial terms and position themselves within racial hierarchies as part of a broader process of ethnic identity formation.
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"Thought-provoking book."--Jrnl of American History
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"Thought-provoking book."--Journal of American History
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“Thought-provoking book.” Anouar Majid
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and#8220;Thought-provoking book.and#8221;
Synopsis
"Direct and accessible. A tour de force of research that demonstrates seemingly unlikely origins, evolutions, and contradictions of social identities."and#151;George Lipsitz, author of Footsteps in the Dark and American Studies in a Moment of Danger
About the Author
Sarah Gualtieri is Associate Professor in the Departments of History and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Terms and Transliterations
Introduction
1. From Internal to International Migration
2. Claiming Whiteness: Syrians and Naturalization Law
3. Nation and Migration: Emergent Arabism and Diasporic Nationalism
4. The Lynching of Nola Romey: Syrian Racial Inbetweenness in the Jim Crow South
5. Marriage and Respectability in the Era of Immigration Restriction
Conclusion
Epilogue: Becoming Arab American
Notes
Bibliography
Index