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The Lebanese diaspora : the Arab immigrant experience in Montreal, New York, and Paris /

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The Lebanese are the largest group of Middle Eastern immigrants in the United States, and Lebanese immigrants are also prominent across Europe and the Americas. Based on over eighty interviews with first-generation Lebanese immigrants in the global cities of New York, Montreal and Paris, this book s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abdelhady, Dalia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Lebanese > Foreign countries.
Lebanon > Emigration and immigration.
Libanais > Pays étrangers.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Emigration and immigration
Lebanon
Libanesen
Migration
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Global immigrants : three views on diaspora
  • Narratives of identification : between ethnicity and cosmopolitanism
  • The power of community : beyond homeland and host society
  • Cultures expression : translation, remembrance and global burden
  • Conclusion : global predicaments and cosmopolitan quarrels
  • Appendix. Profile of respondents
  • Notes.