The First Greek Immigrants in Lowell, Massachusetts
Author : Charles G. Sampas
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,88 MB
Release : 1983*
Category : Greek Americans
ISBN :
Author : Charles G. Sampas
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,88 MB
Release : 1983*
Category : Greek Americans
ISBN :
Author : E. Philip Brown
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 22,15 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1467125636
The Merrimack Valley became home to Greeks after the great immigration to the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. After its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1832, Greece had inadequate resources for its citizens, which led to much hardship. Many of these refugees came to the Merrimack Valley in search of a better living. They settled in Haverhill, Lawrence, and Lowell, Massachusetts, or Concord, Manchester, and Nashua, New Hampshire, where they secured jobs in factories and mills. Those who were unable to gain employment in the manufacturing industries went into the service sector; others became self-sufficient, building restaurants, shoe shops, and grocery stores. Although they suffered discrimination because of their distinct language and culture, they were not deterred; instead, they remained focused, went about their activities in peace, and contributed immensely to the socioeconomic development of their newfound home.
Author : Nicholas V. Karas
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 48,26 MB
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Greek Americans
ISBN : 9780961334734
Author : Nicholas V. Karas
Publisher :
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 27,82 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Greek Americans
ISBN :
Author : Charles C. Moskos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 10,2 MB
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1351516728
This is an engrossing account of Greek Americans--their history, strengths, conflicts, aspirations, and contributions. This is the story of immigrants, their children and grandchildren, most of whom maintain an attachment to Greek ethnic identity even as they have become one of this country's most successful ethnic groups.
Author : Henry Pratt Fairchild
Publisher :
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 26,14 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Greek Americans
ISBN :
Author : Cyrée Jarelle Johnson
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 48,95 MB
Release : 2018-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1508181209
Written by a descendent of Greek immigrants, this book explores the stories behind leaving the mountains and islands of Greece throughout its recent tumultuous history. Many of those emigrants came to the sprawling cities and countryside of the United States. This book explores how Greek Americans did much to overcome war, family conflicts, exploitative labor practices, restrictive xenophobic quotas, and generational identity differences to become part of the American experiment. The history of how Greeks became Americans through these contemplations of the problems that immigration poses will activate the reader's critical thinking skills. They will recognize that these problems are relevant today.
Author : Scott Ingram
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 36,27 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1438103573
The United States is truly a nation of immigrants, or as the poet Walt Whitman once said, a nation of nations. Spanning the time from when the Europeans first came to the New World to the present day, the new Immigration to the United States set conveys the excitement of these stories to young people. Beginning with a brief preface to the set written by general editor Robert Asher that discusses some of the broad reasons why people came to the New World, both as explorers and settlers, each book's narrative highlights the themes, people, places, and events that were important to each immigrant group. In an engaging, informative manner, each volume describes what members of a particular group found when they arrived in the United States as well as where they settled. Historical information and background on the various communities present life as it was lived at the time they arrived. The books then trace the group's history and current status in the United States. Each volume includes photographs and illustrations such as passports and other artifacts of immigration, as well as quotes from original source materials. Box features highlight special topics or people, and each book is rounded out with a glossary, timeline, further reading list, and index.
Author : George Kaloudis
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 20,62 MB
Release : 2018-02-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1498562280
This book examines the history and politics of modern Greece from the early nineteenth century to the present and the presence of diaspora Greeks in the United States during the same approximate period. It considers not only the main periods of modern Greek diaspora, but also surveys the main historical and political events in modern Greek history. Furthermore, this book examines the relationship between Greeks in Greece and Greeks in the United States and how this relationship affected developments in Greece and beyond the confines of Greece.
Author : Alexandros Kosmas Kyrou
Publisher :
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 21,97 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Greece
ISBN :