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The Lebanese Maronites: patterns of continuity and change
Arabs in the New World : studies on Arab-American communities • Detroit, Mich. • Published In 1983 • Pages: 147-162
By: Ahdab-Yehia, May.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article explores the role of various factors in the acquisition of individual modernity in a migrant community of Christian Maronite Lebanese in Detroit, Michigan. Of particular interest in this study are the problems of adaptation, integration, and assimilation encountered by this immigrant group in the transition from a traditional agricultural environment to an urban-industrial one. Attention is specifically focused on the history and social background of the group, their motivation for emigrating, early settlement patterns, and assimilation characteristics (p. 148).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- History and culture change
- Settlement patterns
- Labor supply and employment
- Ethnic stratification
- 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
- essay
- 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.
- 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
- 1970, 1971, 1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1854-1982
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by May Ahdab-Yehia
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-162)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 83001401
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arab Americans