Arab-Australians Today: Citizenship and Belonging

by Ghassan Hage and E.J. Koh

Arab people first came to Australia in the late nineteenth century. Today more than half a million Australians claim some form of Arab ancestry.
They are a diverse group, both socially and economically. New South Wales, for example, appointed Australia's first Lebanese Governor, while at the same time it was labelling groups of economically deprived young people as 'Lebanese gangs'. Victoria's Premier, Steve Bracks, comes from a Lebanese background...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0522849792
• ISBN13: 9780522849790
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Melbourne University
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.5"