Full title: Not Quite White [electronic resource] : Lebanese and the White Australia Policy.

Author/creator: ProQuest (Firm), ProQuest Ebook Central, Monsour, Anne.

Date: 2010..

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Record Identifier: 74VvxrprAAmb

Language: English

Formats: ebooks

Contents: 1 online resource (220 p.), Acknowledgements; Foreword:; CONTENTS; Introduction; Unwilling alien; Syrian/Lebanese; Leaving Lebanon; Australia: 1880 to 1947; Writing Lebanese into Australian history; The key role of archival research; A broader perspective; Organisation; Chapter 1:; Early Lebanese Migration to Australia; Arrival; The impact of immigration restriction; A family movement; Constructed identity; Village ties; Religion; Socioeconomic background; Western style education; An emerging cash economy; Literate or illiterate?; Characteristics of the early , Australian diasporic community; Destination., Reasons for migrationA visible minority; Conclusion; Chapter 2:; Asiatic Aliens in Colonial Australia; Access to citizenship - opposite ends of a continuum; Lebanese aliens in colonial Queensland - a study of racially based discrimination; Obstructing access to naturalization; Single Asiatic males banned from citizenship; Circumventing discriminatory legislation; Enforcing the Aliens Act; Conclusion; Chapter 3:; Lebanese in a Federated Australia: Straddling the Colour Line; Lebanese and the Immigration Restriction Act; Desirable or undesirable?; European and white!; A special case., Selected entryProhibited Immigrants; The White Australia Policy; The Naturalization Act; Aboriginal natives of Asia; Racial exclusion from citizenship; Challenging categorization as 'aboriginal natives of Asia'; White and Christian; A bureaucratic dilemma; Conclusion; Chapter 4:; Lebanese in a White Australia; Employment; Citizenship; Settlers not sojourners; Circumventing the legislation; Administering the White Australia Policy; Is he a coloured man?; Bureaucratic ambivalence; Second class citizens; Enemy aliens; Conclusion; Chapter 5:, Lebanese Occupational Pathways : Making the Best of Limited OptionsEarly impressions; Impressionistic or accurate observations?; Self-employed traders; Lebanese men and hawking; Lebanese women and hawking; Family enterprise; Traders by nature or circumstance?; Conclusion; Chapter 6:; Operating on the Periphery : Lebanese Traders in Australia; No Asian hawkers!; Protecting white traders: a Queensland case study; Racial stereotyping; The agrarian ideal; White workers and white traders preferred; Invoice-salting Syrians; A negative image; Conclusion; Chapter 7:, Geographic Settlement of Lebanese in AustraliaLebanese settlement in Queensland; A family case study; Starting out; A place to settle; Maintaining the family; A geographic cluster; Family and village ties; Family support; Extended family as a determinant of migration; Village connections; Impact of government policy; Conclusion; Chapter 8: Becoming Australian?; A hostile reception; The sample; Learning English; Forsaking Arabic; Religion and identity; Religion and acceptance; The importance of being Christian; Religious practice; The strength of the family reinforced., The importance of whiteness.

Publishers: Maleny : eContent Management Pty Ltd, 2010.

Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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