LEADER 02748nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910779257303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-87013-914-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104210 035 $a(EBL)1742370 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000685853 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11481307 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000685853 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10731480 035 $a(PQKB)10194343 035 $a(OCoLC)607902482 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse20005 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338271 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10571172 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338271 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104210 100 $a20040709d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGreeks in Michigan$b[electronic resource] /$fStavros K. Frangos 210 $aEast Lansing $cMichigan State University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (94 p.) 225 1 $aDiscovering the peoples of Michigan 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87013-679-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 61-77) and index. 327 $aContents; Greece and the American Imagination; The Greek War of Independence: The 1821 Detroit Press Coverage; Going to the "Ksentia": The Mass Migration, 1891-1921; Greek Communities in Michigan; Public Presentations of Ethnicity; The Man with the Branded Hand; American-Greek Society in Michigan, 2001 and Beyond; Notes; For Further Reference; Index 330 $a The influence of Greek culture on Michigan began long before the first Greeks arrived. The American settlers of the Old Northwest Territory had definite notions of Greeks and Greek culture. America and its developing society and culture were to be the ""New Athens,"" a locale where the resurgence in the values and ideals of classical Greece were to be reborn. Stavros K. Frangos describes how such preconceptions and the competing desires to retain heritage and to assimilate have shaped the Greek experience in Michigan. From the padrone system to the church communities, Greek institut 410 0$aDiscovering the peoples of Michigan. 606 $aGreek Americans$zMichigan$xHistory 606 $aGreek Americans$zMichigan$xSocial conditions 607 $aMichigan$xEthnic relations 607 $aMichigan$xSocial conditions 615 0$aGreek Americans$xHistory. 615 0$aGreek Americans$xSocial conditions. 676 $a977.4/004893 700 $aFrangos$b Stavros$01515808 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779257303321 996 $aGreeks in Michigan$93751818 997 $aUNINA