Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1. From Internal to International Migration; 2. Claiming Whiteness: Syrians and Naturalization Law; 3. Nation and Migration: Emergent Arabism and Diasporic Nationalism; 4. The Lynching of Nola Romey: Syrian Racial Inbetweenness in the Jim Crow South; 5. Marriage and Respectability in the Era of Immigration Restriction; Conclusion; Epilogue: Becoming Arab American; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This multifaceted study of Syrian immigration to the United States places Syrians-- and Arabs more generally--at the center of discussions about race and racial formation from which they have long been marginalized. Between Arab and White focuses on the first wave of Arab immigration and settlement in the United States in the years before World War II, but also continues the story up to the present. It presents an original analysis of the ways in which people mainly from current day Lebanon and Syria--the largest group of Arabic-speaking immigrants before World War II--came to view themselves in r
Analysis
20th century american culture
american immigration policy
arab immigration
arab settlement
arabs
diaspora
diasporic nationalism
emergent arabism
ethic identity formation
global disaster
historical
history
immigration and immigrants
immigration restriction
internal migration
international migration
jim crow south
lebanon
lynching
marginalized groups
marriage
political
race in america
racial formation
respectability
syria
syrian americans
syrian immigration
united states of america
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-256) and index
