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Category : Armenian Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Who's who Among Armenians in North America
Author: Who's who Among North American Authors
Author: Alberta LawrencePublisher:
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Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 1106
Book Description
"Covering the United States and Canada [with their possessions and neighbors] and containing the biographical and literary data of living authors whose birth or activities connect them with the continent of North America, with a press section devoted to journalists and magazine writers" (varies slightly).
Who's who Among North American Authors
Author: Armenian-American/Canadian Who's who of Outstanding Athletes, Coaches, and Sports Personalities, 1906-1989
Author: Richard N. DemirjianPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Armenian-Americans
Author: Anny BakalianPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351531158
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Assimilation has been a contentious issues for most immigrant groups in the United States. The host society is assumed to lire immigrants and their descendants away from their ancestral heritage. Yet, in their quest for a "better" life, few immigrants intentionally forsake heir ethnic identity; most try to hold onto their culture by transplanting their traditional institutions and recreating new communities in America. Armenian-Americans are no exception. Armenian-Americans have been generally overlooked by census enumerators, survey analysts, and social scientists because of their small numbers and relative dispersion throughout the United States. They remain a little-studied group that has been called a "hidden minority." Armenian Americans fills this significant gap. Based on the results of an extensive mail questionnaire survey, in-depth interviews, and participant observation of communal gatherings, this book analyzed the individual and collective struggles of Armenian-Americans to perpetuate their Armenian legacy while actively seeking new pathways to the American Dream. This volume shows how men and women of Armenian descent become distanced from their ethnic origins with the passing of generations. Yet assimilation and maintenance of ethnic identity go hand-in-hand. The ascribed, unconscious, compulsive Armenianness of the immigrant generation is transformed into a voluntary, rational, situational Armenianness. The generational change is from being Armenian to feeling Armenian. The Armenian-American community has grown and prospered in this century. Greater tolerance of ethnic differences in the host society, the remarkable social mobility of many Armenian-Americans and the influx of large numbers of new immigrants from the Middle East and Soviet bloc in recent decades have contributed to this development. The future of this community, however, remains precarious as it strives to adjust to the ever changing social, economic, and political conditions affec
Who's Who of Canadian Women, 1999-2000
Author: Gillian HolmesPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780920966556
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1194
Book Description
Who's Who of Canadian Women is a guide to the most powerfuland innovative women in Canada. Celebrating the talents and achievement of over 3,700 women, Who's Who of Canadian Women includes women from all over Canada, in all fields, including agriculture, academia, law, business, politics, journalism, religion, sports and entertainment. Each biography includes such information as personal data, education, career history, current employment, affiliations, interests and honours. A special comment section reveals personal thoughts, goals, and achievements of the profiled individual. Entries are indexed by employment of affilitation for easy reference. Published every two years, Who's Who of Canadian Women selects its biographees on merit alone. This collection is an essential resource for all those interested in the achievements of Canadian women.
Who's who in America
Author: John William LeonardPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 4246
Book Description
Vols. 28-30 accompanied by separately published parts with title: Indices and necrology.
The Armenians in America
Author: Malcolm Vartan MalcomPublisher:
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Category : Armenians
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Politics of Armenian Migration to North America, 1885-1915
Author: David GutmanPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474445268
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This book tells the story of Armenian migration to North America in the late Ottoman period, and Istanbul's efforts to prevent it. It shows how, just as in the present, migrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were forced to travel through clandestine smuggling networks, frustrating the enforcement of the ban on migration. Further, migrants who attempted to return home from sojourns in North America risked debarment at the border and deportation, while the return of migrants who had naturalized as US citizens generated friction between the United States and Ottoman governments. The author sheds light on the relationship between the imperial state and its Armenian populations in the decades leading up to the Armenian genocide. He also places the Ottoman Empire squarely in the middle of global debates on migration, border control and restriction in this period, adding to our understanding of the global historical origins of contemporary immigration politics and other issues of relevance today in the Middle East region, such borders and frontiers, migrants and refugees, and ethno-religious minorities.
A History of Armenian Immigration to America with Special Reference to Conditions in Los Angeles
Author: Aram Serkis YeretzianPublisher:
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description