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ARAB ROUTES Stanford Studies in COMPARATIVE RACE AND ETHNICITY A R A B ROU T E S Pathways to Syrian California Sarah M. A. Gualtieri Stanford University Press Stanford, California Stanford University Press Stanford, California © 2020 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Gualtieri, Sarah M. A., 1967– author. Title: Arab routes : pathways to Syrian California / Sarah M. A. Gualtieri. Other titles: Stanford studies in comparative race and ethnicity. Description: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2019. | Series: Stanford studies in comparative race and ethnicity | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019007667 | ISBN 9781503606173 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781503610859 (pbk.) Subjects: LCSH: Syrian Americans—California, Southern—Ethnic identity. | Arab Americans—California, Southern—Ethnic identity. | Immigrants—Cultural assimilation—California, Southern. | Arab Americans—Relations with Hispanic Americans—History. | California, Southern—Emigration and immigration—History. | California, Southern—Ethnic relations—History. Classification: LCC F870.S98 G83 2019 | DDC 305.8009794/9—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019007667 Cover design by Kevin Barrett Kane Cover image: Four male gymnasts in acrobatic balancing stunt in front of Khoury’s Café at Muscle Beach, Santa Monica, CA. Courtesy of Santa Monica History Museum, Santa Monica History Museum Collection. Typeset by Kevin Barrett Kane in 10.5/15 Adobe Garamond Pro For Anees My Light and Sky This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Introduction: Arab Amairka 1 1 The Syrian Pacific 19 2 Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon 41 3 Meeting at the Mahrajan 68 4 Fragments of the Past, Identities of the Present 91 5 Palimpsests in Iconic California 110 Conclusion: Mestizaje in Arab American Families 133 Acknowledgments 151 Notes 155 Bibliography 187 Index 199 This page intentionally left blank ARAB ROUTES
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