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Prairie peddlers : the Syrian-Lebanese in North Dakota

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Main Author: Sherman, William C. 1927-
Contributors: Whitney, Paul L., 1954-, Guerrero, John.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Bismarck, N.D.] : University of Mary Press, [2002]
Subjects and Genres:
Lebanese Americans > North Dakota > History.
Lebanese Americans > North Dakota > Biography.
Lebanese Americans > Cultural assimilation > North Dakota.
Lebanese Americans > North Dakota > Registers.
Syrian Americans > North Dakota > History.
Syrian Americans > North Dakota > Biography.
Syrian Americans > Cultural assimilation > North Dakota.
Syrian Americans > North Dakota > Registers.
Immigrants > North Dakota > History.
North Dakota > Genealogy.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Geography of Lebanon
  • 2. History
  • 3. Religion
  • 4. Village life: marriage and family life
  • 5. Schools
  • 6. Unrest and departure
  • 7. Passage to the New World
  • 8. Lebanese dispersal: America, North Dakota
  • 9. Peddling
  • 10. Homesteading: farming
  • 11. Shopkeepers: the first decade
  • 12. Railroads
  • 13. Syrian enclaves
  • 14. How others saw them; prejudice?
  • 15. Naturalization
  • 16. Cohesion: strengths and weaknesses
  • 17. Into the mainstream
  • 18. Food and drink
  • 19. Different and the same
  • 20. An overview
  • 21. Nostalgia: returns, modern tourism
  • Appendices.

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