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Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender, and the Middle Class in Lebanon, 1870-1920
Inventing Home Emigration Gender and the Middle Class in Lebanon 18701920
Author: Akram Fouad Khater
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 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520227392
ISBN-10: 0520227395
Publication Date: 9/3/2001
Pages: 295
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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