essay
From the Near East to Down East
Crossing the waters : Arabic-speaking immigrants to the United States before 1940 • Washington, D. C. • Published In 1987 • Pages: 85-103
By: Hooglund, Eric J. (Eric James).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Hooglund describes in this article the formation of the Arabic-speaking community in Waterville, Maine from about 1890 to 1940. The paper is divided into two parts. Part 1 covers the years from 1890 to 1915; the period when most of the actual immigration took place. It is in this section where the origins of the immigrants are discusses as well as their reasons for settling in Waterville. Part 2 focuses upon the transformation between 1915 and 1940 of the immigrant community into an ethnic one (p. 86).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Cultural identity and pride
- Labor supply and employment
- Ethnic stratification
- 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
- 1976-1986
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1890-1940
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Waterville, Maine, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Eric J. Hooglund
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87043031
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arab Americans