TY  - BOOK
AB  - Four out of ten Americans say they dislike Muslims, according to a Gallup poll. "Muslims," a blogger wrote on www.freerepublic.com, "don't belong in America." In a lively, funny, and revealing riposte to these sentiments, journalist Jonathan Curiel offers a tour through the little-known Islamic past, and present, of American culture. From highbrow to pop, from lighthearted to profound, this book reveals the Islamic and Arab influences before our eyes, under our noses, and ringing in our ears. Curiel demonstrates that many of America's most celebrated places retain vestiges of Arab and Islamic culture. Likewise, some of America's most recognizable music is indebted to Arab music. And some of America's leading historical figures, from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Elvis Presley, relied on Arab or Muslim culture for intellectual sustenance. Part travelogue, part cultural history, this book confirms a continuous pattern of give-and-take between America and the Arab-Muslim world.--From publisher description.
AU  - Curiel, Jonathan,
CN  - E169.1
CN  - E169.1
CY  - New York :
DA  - 2008.
ID  - 344501
KW  - Civilization, Arab.
KW  - Islamic civilization.
KW  - Arab Americans.
KW  - Muslims
LK  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0820/2008024217.html
N2  - Four out of ten Americans say they dislike Muslims, according to a Gallup poll. "Muslims," a blogger wrote on www.freerepublic.com, "don't belong in America." In a lively, funny, and revealing riposte to these sentiments, journalist Jonathan Curiel offers a tour through the little-known Islamic past, and present, of American culture. From highbrow to pop, from lighthearted to profound, this book reveals the Islamic and Arab influences before our eyes, under our noses, and ringing in our ears. Curiel demonstrates that many of America's most celebrated places retain vestiges of Arab and Islamic culture. Likewise, some of America's most recognizable music is indebted to Arab music. And some of America's leading historical figures, from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Elvis Presley, relied on Arab or Muslim culture for intellectual sustenance. Part travelogue, part cultural history, this book confirms a continuous pattern of give-and-take between America and the Arab-Muslim world.--From publisher description.
PB  - New Press :
PB  - Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co.,
PP  - New York :
PY  - 2008.
SN  - 9781595584816 (pbk.)
SN  - 1595584811 (pbk.)
SN  - 9781595583529
SN  - 1595583521
T1  - Al' America :travels through America's Arab and Islamic roots /
TI  - Al' America :travels through America's Arab and Islamic roots /
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0820/2008024217.html
ER  -