Presents a study of Syrian immigration to the United States that places Syrians - and Arabs more generally - at the center of discussions about race and racial formation from which they have long been marginalized. This work focuses on the first wave of Arab immigration and settlement in the United States in the years before World War II.
"Direct and accessible. A tour de force of research that demonstrates seemingly unlikely origins, evolutions, and contradictions of social identities."-George Lipsitz, author of Footsteps in the Dark and American Studies in a Moment of Danger
"Thought-provoking book."
