Publication Information The main body of the Publication Information page contains all the metadata that HRAF holds for that document.
Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Aruri, Naseer Hasan, 1934-
Title:
The Arab-American community of Springfield,
Massachusetts
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
The Arab Americans, studies in assimilation, edited by
Elaine C. Hagopian and Ann Paden, with preface by Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
Published By: Original publisher
The Arab Americans, studies in assimilation, edited by
Elaine C. Hagopian and Ann Paden, with preface by Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
Wilmette, Ill.: Medina University Press International.
1969. 50-66 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Naseer H. Aruri
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 1998. 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
Settlement patterns (361);
Sodalities (575);
Priesthood (793);
Religious denominations (795);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an account of the Arab-American community of
Springfield, Massachusetts. Aruri writes about the early occupations, the wholesalers who
acted as a political and cultural brokers, sporadic violence between Arab Christians and
Muslims, and their relationship with other ethnic groups. He also focuses on Monsignor
Saab, a community leader who gained a national reputation for his long service to his
church and local community. Aruri, along with Hagopian (no. 25) criticizes the
Syrian-Lebanese- American Federation for its failure to develop a strong national
organization on par with the NAACP, or the American Jewish Committee. The author also
examines the occupational structure, educational attainmants, incomes, and political and
social behavior of present residents. Smaller familes and social mobility are signs of
successful acculturation, but the persistance of Syrian-Lebanese clubs and churches are a
factor in what the author calls their 'slow assimilation.'
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
26
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.
nk09-026
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
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not specified
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
Unknown
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Ian Skoggard; 1998
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1890-1968
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Springfield, Massachusetts, United
States
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Arab Americans
