ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND SPATIAL MOBILITY: THE CASE OF THE PALESTINIANS (NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY).
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Title
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ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND SPATIAL MOBILITY: THE CASE OF THE PALESTINIANS (NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY).
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Identifier
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AAI8614681
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identifier
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8614681
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Creator
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HUSEIN, HASAN IBRAHIM.
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Contributor
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William Kornblaum
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Date
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1986
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Sociology, General
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Abstract
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The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the processes of the creation of the Palestinian community formation in the Northeast of the United States.;The internal and external factors pertaining to the Palestinian immigration movement are analyzed. The former included an examination of the historical events that were behind the Palestinian immigration movement: the Arab-Israeli wars of 1948, 1967, 1973, 1982, and the civil wars of 1970 in Jordan, and Lebanon 1975-1984. The effects of these events on the creation of the Palestinian communities in the Northeast of the United States are discussed. A comparison between the old and new immigrants is presented, and how the situation in their homecountry changed the form of their migration, their occupational structure, and their present and future prospects in the United States. While the chief external factor affecting the Palestinian immigration was the result of the U.S. Immigration Act of 1965. Palestinians, especially those who were living in South America took advantage of this act. Other members of their families joined them, and made the United States a destination in their endless sojourn.;The concept of chain migration is utilized throughout the study to explain the routes of community creation and development.;This study reveals some of the salient characteristics of the Palestinian immigrants, especially their economic, social and spatial mobility. Also, it explains the changes that occur among this population and their assimilation in the new social structure. Further, it explores the dynamics of ethnic persistence, social adaptation, and the functional roles of traditions and family structure. The study emphasizes the significance of kinship, and friendship as a basis of community creation, development, and unity, which not only reflected itself in the migration process, but also in the occupational, cultural, and residential distribution of Palestinians in the New York and New Jersey metropolitan region.;Five main techniques were utilized in data collection: participant observation, structured, and unstructured interviews, "snowball sampling", a questionnaire-interview, and literature on the Palestinian history and the Palestinian diaspora.;This study demonstrates that developments outside a people's country have international repercussions and should be taken into consideration in understanding the emergence of ethnic groups and their assimilation within American society.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Sociology
