Iranians in Chicagoland /

Iranians in Chicagoland /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Akbarī, Ḥamīd.
Imprint:	Charleston, SC : Arcadia, c2005.
Description:	128 p. : chiefly ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Images of America
Subject:	Iranian Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Pictorial works. Iranian Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works. Iranian Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography -- Pictorial works. Ethnic relations. Iranian Americans. Iranian Americans -- Social life and customs. Manners and customs. Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Pictorial works. Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works. Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography -- Pictorial works. Chicago (Ill.) -- Ethnic relations -- Pictorial works. Illinois -- Chicago. Biography -- Pictorial works. History. Pictorial works.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7643005

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Other authors / contributors:	Khounani, Azar.
ISBN:	0738533904 (pbk.) 9780738533902 (pbk.)

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Summary:	In 1893, Haj Mirza Mohammad Ali Moen-Ol Saltaneh journeyed to Chicago from Iran to visit the World Columbian Exposition. According to his memoirs, the Exposition's Ferris Wheel was one of the first things he saw. He visited the Persian Palace, Iran's exhibit at the Exposition, where he met Iranian workers and several French dancers posing as Persian women. These Iranians were likely the earliest group of Iranians who came to Chicago. They little imagined that by 2004, at least 10,000 Iranians would live in the city. Authors Hamid Akbari and Azar Khounani present a newly assembled collection of Persian Palace photographs coupled with Moen-Ol Saltaneh's observations of Chicago.
Physical Description:	128 p. : chiefly ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:	0738533904 9780738533902