ISBN:
9780520935686
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0520935683
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0585389160
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9780585389165
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9780520227392
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0520227395
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0520227409
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9780520227408
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiv, 257 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Khater, Akram Fouad, 1960- Inventing home
DDC:
305.596569209034
Keywords:
Lebanese History
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United States
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Return migration History
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Lebanon
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Sex role History
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Lebanon
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Middle class History
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Lebanon
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Middle class History
;
Lebanese History
;
Sex role History
;
Return migration History
;
Lebanese History
;
United States
;
Middle class History
;
Lebanon
;
Return migration History
;
Lebanon
;
Sex role History
;
Lebanon
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Lebanon Emigration and immigration
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History
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Lebanon
;
United States
;
Libanon
;
USA
;
Lebanon Emigration and immigration
;
History
;
Lebanon Emigration and immigration
;
History
;
Lebanon
;
United States
;
Libanon
;
USA
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Electronic books History
Abstract:
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 the social history of Lebanon--the "long peace" between the uprising of 1860 and the beginning of the French mandate in 1920. The book explores in depth the phenomena of return emigration, the questioning and changing of gender roles, and the rise of the middle class. Exploring new areas in the history of Lebanon, Inventing Home asks how new notions of gender, family, and class were articulated and how a local "modernity" was invented in the process. Akram Khater maps the jagged and uncertain paths that the fellahin from Mount Lebanon carved through time and space in their attempt to control their future and their destinies. His study offers a significant contribution to the literature on the Middle East, as well as a new perspective on women and on gender issues in the context of developing modernity in the region
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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Description based on print version record
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
