{"product_id":"wichitas-lebanese-heritage-jay-m-price-9780738577173","title":"Wichita's Lebanese Heritage","description":"Wichita, a city of entrepreneurs, offered an ideal home for Middle Eastern Christians who started arriving in the 1890s. Initially identifying themselves as Syrians, they operated as peddlers across southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Peddling rapidly gave way to wholesale, grocery, and dry goods companies. Patriarchs such as N. F. Farha and E. G. Stevens established themselves in local business and civic circles. Primarily Eastern Orthodox, the Lebanese established two churches, St. George Orthodox Church and St. Mary Orthodox Christian Church, that became focal points of community life. After World War II, entrepreneurs responded to new opportunities, from real estate to supermarkets to the professions. In recent decades, an additional wave of immigrants from war-torn Lebanon has continued the entrepreneurial tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jay M. Price, Victoria Foth Sherry, Matthew Namee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0738577170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780738577173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing (SC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Jay M. Price","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45064502837503,"sku":"9780738577173","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7cb8f8c6-29b7-4bdc-9dc0-67526102ed67.jpg?v=1712124474","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wichitas-lebanese-heritage-jay-m-price-9780738577173","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}