essay
Arab-Americans and the political process
development of Arab-American identity • Ann Arbor • Published In 1994 • Pages: 37-60
By: Suleiman, Michael W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article attempts to delineate the political identity of Arab-Americans from the time of their arrival in the United States (ca. 1870s) to the 1980s. Suleiman notes that the immigrants came in essentially two waves, the first ending around World War I, and the second beginning after World War 2. The first of these groups or communities were generally less educated, rather naive, and politically passive. The second group were generally better educated, quite sophisticated, and politically active. The differences in the political orientation and identity of the two groups are detailed and discussed at great length in the text (p. 59).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Sociocultural trends
- Cultural identity and pride
- Age stratification
- Ethnic stratification
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Political behavior
- Ethnosociology
- 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.
- Political Scientist
- 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1870s - 1980s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael W. Suleiman
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94015616
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arab Americans