essay
The background and causes of Lebanese/Syrian immigration to the United States before World War I
Crossing the waters : Arabic-speaking immigrants to the United States before 1940 • Washington, D. C. • Published In 1987 • Pages: 17-35
By: Khalaf, Samir.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article presents a descriptive analysis of the magnitude, scale, and implication of Syrian-Lebanese emigration to the United States. The paper focuses on three dimensions of this complex phenomenon dealing with: (1) changing patterns in the emigration process between 1886 to 1914; (2) a socioeconomic profile of the immigrants themselves and how and why this profile changed over the years; and (3) the clarification and accounting of the major causes of such an exodus.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- History and culture change
- 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.
- Unknown
- 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
- 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
- 1740 - early twentieth century
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Samir Khalaf
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87043031
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arab Americans