Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender, and the Middle Class in Lebanon, 1870-1920
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Between 1890 and 1920 over one-third of the peasants of Mount Lebanon left their villages and traveled to the Americas. This book traces the journeys of these villagers from the ranks of the peasantry into a middle class of their own making.
Inventing Home delves into the stories of these travels, shedding much needed light on the impact of emigration and immigration in the development of modernity. It focuses on a critical period in...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520227409
ISBN13:9780520227408
Release Date:September 2001
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:271 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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