Nov 8, 2018

The Early Lebanese in America: A Demographic Portrait, 1880-1930

Introduction Between 1880 and 1930, tens of thousands of immigrants left the Eastern Mediterranean and traveled to the United States. Until now, we have not had a clear and detailed demographic portrait of these early immigrants. At best, we have imprecise, and quite often erroneous, answers to questions such as: how many immigrants were living…