Between the Ottomans and the Entente
The First World War in the Syrian and Lebanese Diaspora, 1908-1925
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4157583 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rosina Hassoun (Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, Michigan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 107 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 778-779 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jahist/jaaa418 |
| OpenAlex | W3112999889 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This extensively documented examination of an ethnic population during a critical time in world history should be of interest to historians. Unlike other historical analyses that restrict the examination of the early Arab diaspora to the United States, this text attempts to link movements and events in the early 1900s by civilians in the Arab American diaspora in South America and the United States through their connections to the Ottoman Empire and the Entente (the Allied powers in World War I). Stacy D. Fahrenthold argues that a gap or “historical ellipses” have existed between migration history and Ottoman histories that she intends her text to fill. The author jumps into that gap starting the narrative with an event in Buenos Aires in 1915 where the Ottoman general consul addressed a crowd of one thousand Syrians (persons from Greater Syria) on the steps of his office. From historical events, records of
Ancient history · Art · Diaspora · Empire · First world war · Genealogy · Literature · Narrative · Ottoman empire · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Demography · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.57 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |