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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Abraham, Sameer Y.
Title:
Detroit's Arab-American community: a survery of diversity and
commonality
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Arabs in the New World : studies on Arab-American
communities, edited by Sameer Y. Abraham and Nabeel Abraham
Published By: Original publisher
Arabs in the New World : studies on Arab-American
communities, edited by Sameer Y. Abraham and Nabeel Abraham
Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State University, Center for Urban
Studies. 1983. 85-108 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
by Sameer Y. Abraham
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 1999. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Arab Americans (NK09)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Population (161);
External migration (167);
Cultural identity and pride (186);
Settlement patterns (361);
Tribe and nation (619);
Community structure (621);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this document Abraham describes the diverse
Arab-American community in Detroit, Michigan, composed as it is of four major nationality
groups -- Lebanese, Palestinians, Yemenis, and Iraq-Chaldeans. 'The diversity of the
community is further evidenced in the geographical areas that each group inhabits, and the
social and religious institutions which have emerged resulting in a number of distinct and
self-contained communities (or sub-communities)' (p. 84). Although social and political
factors tend to divide the Detroit Arab-American community in significant ways, the shared
language, cultural heritage, and identity '…serve as a basis for communication and a common
purpose which is becoming increasingly more visible in the pan-community organizations
which serve the community as a whole' (p. 84).
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
7
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
nk09-007
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Essay
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-108)
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is a ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data
Ethnologist, Sociologist-4,5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
John Beierle ; 1998
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
ca. 1890 - 1982
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Detroit, Michigan, United States
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Arab Americans
