essay
The institutional development of the Arab-American community of Boston: a sketch
Arab Americans, studies in assimilation • (1) • Published In 1969 • Pages: 67-83
By: Hagopian, Elaine Catherine.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a history of Boston's Syrian-Lebanese institutions and the changing identity and political involvement of Arab-Americans as a result of the Middle East conflict. Hagopian discusses the early Syrian-Lebanese settlement in Boston, called 'Little Syria' and the first Syrian-Lebanese churches. In the middle period, 1930-1960, a prosperous Syrian-Lebanese community moved out of their ghetto and formed various clubs and community trusts. A national federation of organizations was formed in 1932. Although the Federation took a position with regard to the Palestine question, most of its energy was directed towards local issues and honoring its more illustrious members. Hagopian criticizes it for understanding the Mideast crisis in only parochial terms and not in the broader geopolitical context. The Federation fell apart in the 1960s and was replaced by the American Arabic Association which did champion and promote a pan-Arabic political agenda and identity.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Status, role, and prestige
- Sodalities
- Pressure politics
- 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.
- Unknown
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1890-1968
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Boston, Mass., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Elaine C. Hagopian
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arab Americans