Book
Emigration from Syria and the Syrian-Lebanese community of Worcester, MA
Antakya Press • Ligonier, Pennsylvania • Published In 1992 • Pages:
By: Saliba, Najib E. (Najib Elias).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work is a study of Syrian migration to the United States,with a specific focus on the early Syrian Christian community in Worcester, Massachusetts. The document describes the background and causes of emigration, the establishment of the Syrian settlements in Worcester, churches and affiliated societies, everyday life in the community, and the acquisition of United States citizenship.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- History and culture change
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Settlement patterns
- Retail marketing
- Citizenship
- Priesthood
- Congregations
- Religious denominations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Arab Americans
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- late nineteenth - late twentieth centuries
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Worcester, Mass., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Najib E. Saliba
- Spine title: Emigration from Syria
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-100)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92041403
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arab Americans