Bint Arab
Subtitle: Arab and Arab American women in the United States
By: Evelyn Shakir.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
Subjects: Arab American women -- Social conditions -- Anecdotes; Arab American women -- Interviews
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-218) and index.