So far from Allah, so close to Mexico
Subtitle: Middle Eastern immigrants in modern Mexico
By: by Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780292716407; 9780292716414
Subjects: Arabs -- Mexico -- History.; Immigrants -- Mexico -- History.; Mexico -- Emigration and immigration.; Arab countries -- Emigration and immigration.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: Amplifying mexicanidad; Locating Middle Easterners in national and transnational histories; Turco sojourners come to Porfirian Mexico; Borderland merchants in revolutionary Mexico; Middle Eastern immigrants and foreigners in post-revolutionary Mexico; Peddling, positioning, and prosperity; Meanings of multiculturalism.