Book
Voyageurs to a rocky shore: the Lebanese and Syrians of Nova Scotia
Institute of Public Affairs, Dalhousie University • Halifax, Canada • Published In 1984 • Pages:
By: Jabbra, Nancy Walstrom, Jabbra, Joseph G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of Lebanese and Syrian immigrant communities of Nova Scotia (mostly in the Halifax area) based on participant observation, interviews, and archival materials. The authors recount the immigration and settlement history of the early immigrants. One chapter is devoted to life histories. In another chapter on the theory of ethnicity and ethnic groups, the authors explain how Syrian and Lebanese immigrants--never an ethnic group in their home countries-- become an ethnic group in Canada. On the one hand, public education, the necessity of learning the new language of the adopted country, opportunity for upward mobility, and rights granted through citizenship are factors favoring assimilation. On the other hand, religion and politics, both local and in the home country, reinforce a Lebanese-Canadian identity, but at the same time divide the community into factions. The Jabbras recount the history and internal disputes of the Canadian Lebanon Society, which reveal internal cleavages based on differences in national orign, religion, and allegiances to political groups back in Lebanon.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Life history materials
- External migration
- Age stratification
- Ethnic stratification
- Sodalities
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Political parties
- Congregations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Arab Canadians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1977-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1885-1979
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nova Scotia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Nancy W. Jabbra and Joseph G. Jabbra
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-177)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85200127
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arabs--Canada