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Identifier	Thesis 1886
Author	Riccio, Cynthia
Title	Evolution of a stateless minority: the Assyrian experience with a focus on the community in New Britain, Connecticut
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2006
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	Assyrians proved difficult to study because they do not have a designation on the United States Census. The Assyrians have been studied in larger cities such as Turlock, California and Chicago, Illinois, where there are large communities of immigrants that began coming to America in the late 1800s. The Assyrian community in New Britain, one of the larger in the northeast, has not been studied closely. The purpose of this thesis is to compare the community in New Britain to those in larger cities and to examine what the lives of Assyrian immigrants was like in regards to family and church life. The approach to this topic was twofold. First, secondary literature was used for background information on immigration, Assyrians and also New Britain. Second, primary sources were vital to this project. Newspaper articles from the early to mid-twentieth century all the way to the present, told a story of the Assyrians throughout the world as well as in New Britain. In addition to newspaper articles, oral interviews were an important way of finding out the actual stories of these immigrants. Eight Assyrians were formally interviewed. They were chosen because their parents were some of the first Assyrian immigrants to come to New Britain, mostly from the Urmia region of what was then Persia. They came here because in part of family and because of growing industry. The researcher also used her own Assyrian background to give a third generation perspective. They were asked about their parents, what they did for work, about their journey to America and why they came to the New Britain area. They were also asked about being Assyrian. Did being Assyrian influence you and most importantly what does being Assyrian mean to you? These Assyrians were able to provide invaluable information on their parent's journey to America and what life was like in New Britain as a second generation immigrant. The Assyrians of New Britain, it was discovered, are a close knit group, just like the communities in Turlock and Chicago. Their family and church life are very important to how they live their lives everyday. While they remain a minority without a homeland, they as a community remain close and confident that the Assyrian culture and heritage will carry on.
Subject	Assyrians -- Connecticut -- New Britain
Department	Department of History
Advisor	Prescott, Heather Munro
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	713735017
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