New York's little Syria, 18810-1935

Author

• Gregory J. Shibley

Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

2014

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Sanua, Marianne R.

Abstract

This thesis argues that, from 1880 to 1935, Syrian immigrants, who comprised an enclave on the Lower West Side of Manhattan in New York City, sought to control the pace and extent of their assimilation into mainstream American society, by distancing themselves from their ethnicity, or by using their ethnicity to their advantage, or by combining both approaches to varying degrees, as they determined individually, rather than monolithically.

Extent

282 p.

Comments

Includes bibliography.|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2014.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.

Recommended Citation

Shibley, Gregory J., "New York's little Syria, 18810-1935" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 1066.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/1066

Identifier

FA00004160

Format

pdf