Muslims of the Heartland : : how Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest
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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"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York : New York University Press, [2022]
Year Published: 2022
Description: x, 239 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781479812561
1479812560
SUBJECTS
Syrian Americans -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century.
Muslims -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century.
Muslim families -- Middle West -- Social conditions.
Middle West -- History -- 20th century.