Marin-Guzman, Roberto and Zidane Zeraoui. Arab Immigration in Mexico in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Assimilation and Arab Heritage.

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Marin-Guzman, Roberto and Zidane Zeraoui. Arab Immigration in Mexico in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Assimilation and Arab Heritage. Austin, Mexico: Augustine Press/Instituto Tecnologico De Monterrey, 2003. Paper, no price indicated.

This is a well-documented text about Arab immigration to Mexico. It contains 16 appendices that consist mainly of tables that give more information on, for example, first immigrants classified by year of entry to Mexico, place of origin, etc. Arab immigration dates back to 1878, which is about the same time (1887) that Arabs entered the U.S. The first chapter divides Arab immigration into four periods and discusses briefly Mexican immigration policy. Other chapters deal with...