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Bint Arab

Evelyn Shakir

1997226 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1997
first published
  • 1997Praeger · 226 pages · ENGISBN 9780275956714

Drawing on primary sources such as club minutes, census records and interviews, this text explores the experience of late 19th- and early 20th-century immigrant women from Lebanon and Syria. The author considers the contrast between this and the experience of their daughters and granddaughters.

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