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1 Online-Ressource (83 pages)
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illustrations
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Electronic reproduction
ISBN:
0870136798
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0870139142
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1628961910
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9780870136795
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9780870139147
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9781628961911
Serie:
Discovering the peoples of Michigan
Inhalt:
The influence of Greek culture on Michigan began long before the first Greeks arrived. The American settlers of the Old Northwest Territory had definite notions of Greeks and Greek culture. America and its developing society and culture were to be the ""New Athens, "" a locale where the resurgence in the values and ideals of classical Greece were to be reborn. Stavros K. Frangos describes how such preconceptions and the competing desires to retain heritage and to assimilate have shaped the Greek experience in Michigan. From the padrone system to the church communities, Greek institut
Inhalt:
Greece and the American imagination -- The Greek War of Independence: the 1821 Detroit Press coverage -- Going to the "Ksentia": the mass migration, 1891-1921 -- Greek communities in Michigan -- Public presentation of ethnicity -- The man with the branded hand -- American-Greek Society in Michigan, 2001 and beyond
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-77) and index
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
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Electronic reproduction
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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.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0870136798
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780870136795
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Frangos, Stavros Greeks in Michigan East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2004
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Englisch
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