Greek Americans Struggle and Success

Name: Greek Americans Struggle and Success
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ISBN: 9781412852951

ISBN-10: 1412852951

ISBN-13: 9781412852951

Edition: 3rd 2013

Authors: Peter Moskos, Charles C. Moskos, Michael Dukakis

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This is an engrossing account of Greek Americans—their history, strengths, conflicts, aspirations, and contributions. Blending sociological insight with historical detail, Peter C. and Charles C. Moskos trace the Greek-American experience from the wave of mass immigration in the early 1900s to today. This is the story of immigrants, most of whom worked hard to secure middle-class status. It is also the story of their children and grandchildren, many of whom maintain an attachment to Greek ethnic identity even as they have become one of America’s most successful ethnic groups. As the authors rightly note, the true measure of Greek-Americans is the immigrants themselves who came to America…

Book details

Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 10/30/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.04" wide x 9.00" long x 0.52" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Foreword



Preface to the Third Edition



Preface to the Second Edition



Acknowledgments



Early Struggles: The Greek Comes to America



From Brawn to Brains



The Greek Orthodox Church in the New Secular World



Greek American Ideology and Politics



Success in America



Maintaining a Greek American Identity-Present and Future


Afterword: Becoming Greek American: A Family and Personal Memoir



Bibliography


Index