essay
Maintaining the faith of the fathers: dilemmas of religious identity in the Christian and Muslim Arab-American communities
development of arab-american identity • Ann Arbor • Published In 1994 • Pages: 61-64
By: Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck.
Abstract
This is a study of the Arab-American community in the United States from about the 1870s to the 1980s. Although details of the early immigration patterns are given, as well as data on Arab nationalism and ethnicity, the primary focus of this document is on the maintenance of the faith of both Christian and Muslim Arabs as they assimilate or attempt to assimilate into mainstream American society.without wholly losing their own ethnic identity. The article also discusses the variety of changes that have taken place in Arab-American society since the arrival of the first immigrants in the 1870s and the ways in which these changes have affected their sense of identity.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1999
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1998
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1870s - 1980s
- Coverage Place
- United States
- Notes
- Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 94015616
- LCSH
- Arab Americans