Description
Book SynopsisDrawing extensively on French colonial archives and historical ethnography, this book offers the first global history of Middle Eastern migrations to Latin America and the creation of Arab, French, and Mexican transnational networks.
Trade Review[A] contribution to our understanding of transnational networks, the role of the Levantine migrants to Mexico as well as an important chapter in modern Mexican history. * Middle East Media and Book Reviews Online *
Pastor's elucidation of migrant experiences, and their representation by various social actors, is essential reading for understanding the often-hidden diversity of modern Mexico…[
The Mexican Mahjar] is a powerhouse. * Mashriq & Mahjar *
The Mexican Mahjar...is an innovative book with creative reading of sources and well-designed chapters...Such documentary richness and its careful reading lead to important conclusions about culture transformation and Mahjaris’ active agency. * Latin American Research Review *
Table of Contents
- Illustrations and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Mexican Mahjar
- Chapter 2. Managing Mobility
- Chapter 3. Race and Patronage
- Chapter 4. Migrants and the Law
- Chapter 5. Modernism
- Chapter 6. Making the Mahjar Lebanese
- Chapter 7. Objects of Memory
- Chapter 8. The Arab and Its Double
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
