Arab Americans in Michigan

by Rosina J. Hassoun

Overview

Discovering the Peoples of Michigan, a series from Michigan State University Press, examines the rich multicultural heritage of the Great Lakes State and explores Michigan's ethnic dynamics. Michigan's rapidly changing historical and social structures have far-reaching implications in such areas as public policy, education, management, and private enterprise. Discovering the Peoples of Michigan reveals the unique contributions that different and often unrecognized communities have made to Michigan's historical and social identity.

The state of Michigan contains one of the largest and most diverse Arab-American populations in the United States. As the third largest ethnic population in the state, Arab Americans are an economically important and politically influential group that contains a great amount of diversity in national origins, religions, education levels, socioeconomic levels, and degrees of acculturation. In spite of their considerable presence, Arab Americans have always been a misunderstood ethnic population in Michigan, even before terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, imposed a cloud of suspicion, fear, and uncertainty over their ethnic enclaves and the larger communities of which they are a part. In Arab Americans in Michigan Rosina J. Hassoun outlines the origins, culture, religions, and values of a people whose influence has often exceeded their visibility in the state.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781609170462
Publisher:	Michigan State University Press
Publication date:	03/01/2012
Series:	Discovering the Peoples of Michigan
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

	Introduction and Demographics	1
	The Origins of Arab Americans in Michigan	17
	Understanding General Patterns of Arab Settlement	21
	Selected Histories by Geographic Areas	27
	The History of Arab Immigration to Southeast Michigan	41
	Special Topics Concerning Arab Americans in Michigan	51
	Summary	57
	Appendices
Appendix 1	A Gift from the Hassoun Family to the People of Michigan	63
Appendix 2	Resources	65
	Notes	67
	For Further Reference	75
	Index	79