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CONTENTS Preface • xii Acknowledgments • xv Methodology: Data Collection • xviii 1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND • 1 2. MIGRATION • 17 3. MULTICULTURAL AND MULTIRELIGIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS • 49 4. WORK • 65 5. TRADITION, EDUCATION, AND CULTURE • 91 6. AMERICANIZATION • 131 7. LEGACY AND LINKAGE • 171 Addendum i. Private-Sector Organizations • 197 a. Syrian Brotherhood Orthodox Society, 1905 • 197 b. Young Mahiethett Society, 1916 • 200 Addendum ii. The Middle East and the Arab World after World War ii • 204 Genealogy: Expanded Kinship in One Family • 207 Timeline: Eastern Orthodox Syrian Church • 211 Notes • 222 Bibliography • 244 Illustration Credits • 248 Annotated Suggested Reading • 249 Organizations, Collections, and Exhibits • 260 Author Biography • 267 Index of Arabic Terms • 268 General Index • 270 ...

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