03409nam 2200685Ia 450 991081970300332120200520144314.01-282-36093-097866123609300-520-94346-510.1525/9780520943469(CKB)2430000000010964(EBL)837328(OCoLC)773565102(SSID)ssj0000289876(PQKBManifestationID)11211076(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289876(PQKBWorkID)10402850(PQKB)11169620(MiAaPQ)EBC837328(DE-B1597)520293(DE-B1597)9780520943469(Au-PeEL)EBL837328(CaPaEBR)ebr10675839(CaONFJC)MIL236093(EXLCZ)99243000000001096420090126d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBetween Arab and White race and ethnicity in the early Syrian American diaspora /Sarah M.A. Gualtieri1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20091 online resource (291 p.)American Crossroads ;26Description based upon print version of record.0-520-25534-8 0-520-25532-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-256) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- 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 -- IndexThis multifaceted study of Syrian immigration to the United States places Syrians- and Arabs more generally-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 Syria-the largest group of Arabic-speaking immigrants before World War II-came to view themselves in racial terms and position themselves within racial hierarchies as part of a broader process of ethnic identity formation.American CrossroadsSyrian AmericansRace identityHistorySyrian AmericansEthnic identityHistorySyrian AmericansHistoryUnited StatesRace relationsSyrian AmericansRace identityHistory.Syrian AmericansEthnic identityHistory.Syrian AmericansHistory.305.892/75691073Gualtieri Sarah M. A.1967-1634324MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819703003321Between Arab and White3974493UNINA