Copts in Michigan / Eliot Dickinson.
The Copts, or Egyptian Christians, are a relatively small and tight-knit ethno-religious group, numbering perhaps three thousand people and living mostly in the Detroit metropolitan area. Since they began immigrating to Michigan in the mid-1960s, their community has grown exponentially. Granted exce...
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Language: | English |
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East Lansing :
Michigan State University Press,
[2008], ©2008.
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Series: | Discovering the peoples of Michigan.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 92 pages) : illustrations, map. |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- Who are the Copts?
- Historical legacy
- Forced migration
- Immigrating to Michigan
- The Coptic community
- An evolving identity.