Beirut on the Bayou: Alfred Nicola, Louisiana, and the Making of Modern Lebanon
Raif Shwayri
Tells the story of Lebanese immigrant Alfred Nicola, the fortune he began building as a peddler in Louisiana, and the family that founded Al-Kafaat University, an iconic institution serving the underprivileged and disabled of Lebanon, through two centuries of unrest in the Middle East.
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Year:
2016
Publisher:
State University of New York Press
Language:
english
Pages:
276
ISBN 10:
1438460953
ISBN 13:
9781438460956
File:
PDF, 63.82 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2016