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More Argentine than you : Arabic-speaking immigrants in Argentina

Hyland, Steven, 1972- author

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\"Whether in search of adventure and opportunity or fleeing poverty and violence, millions of people migrated to Argentina in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By the late 1920s Arabic speakers were one of the country's largest immigrant groups. This book explores their experience, which was quite different from the danger and deprivation faced by twenty-first-century immigrants from the Middle East. Hyland shows how Syrians and Lebanese, Christians, Jews, and Muslims adapted to local social and political conditions, entered labor markets, established community institutions, raised families, and attempted to pursue their individual dreams and community goals. By showing how societies can come to terms with new arrivals and their descendants, Hyland addresses notions of belonging and acceptance, of integration and opportunity. He tells a story of immigrants and a story of Argentina that is at once timely and timeless\"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Subject: Arabs Argentina History 19th century. / Arabs Argentina History 20th century. / Immigrants Argentina History. / Arabs Argentina Social conditions. / Community life Argentina History. / HISTORY / Latin America / South America. / Argentina Ethnic relations History. / Argentina Emigration and immigration History. / Arab countries Emigration and immigration History.
• ISBN: 9780826358776

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
F3021.A59 H95 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE