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Growing Up Greek in St. Louis

Growing Up Greek in St. Louis
Author: Aphrodite Matsakis
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738519562

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Since the beginning of the 20th century, St. Louis' Greek-American community has been a vibrant part of the city's fabric. Through a series of vivid personal accounts of growing up in two worlds during the post-WWII era, Growing Up Greek in St. Louis explores the challenges faced by Greek-Americans as they sought to preserve a rich cultural heritage while assimilating to American ways. From a detailed account of her Grandmothers' struggles during the occupation of Greece during WWII and the Asia Minor Holocaust to the first hand experiences faced by Greek-American children in Greek school, the celebration of name days, and the ever-present "evil eye," the book captures the sense of tradition, history, hospitality (philotimo), and community so vital to the Greek experience.


The Greek Orthodox Church in America

The Greek Orthodox Church in America
Author: Alexander Kitroeff
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2020-06-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1501749455

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In this sweeping history, Alexander Kitroeff shows how the Greek Orthodox Church in America has functioned as much more than a religious institution, becoming the focal point in the lives of the country's million-plus Greek immigrants and their descendants. Assuming the responsibility of running Greek-language schools and encouraging local parishes to engage in cultural and social activities, the church became the most important Greek American institution and shaped the identity of Greeks in the United States. Kitroeff digs into these traditional activities, highlighting the American church's dependency on the "mother church," the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople, and the use of Greek language in the Sunday liturgy. Today, as this rich biography of the church shows us, Greek Orthodoxy remains in between the Old World and the New, both Greek and American.


Modern Greece

Modern Greece
Author: Elaine Thomopoulos
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2021-11-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

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This volume provides an overview of the history of Greece, while also focusing on contemporary Greece. Coverage includes such 21st-century challenges as the economic crisis and the influx of immigrants and refugees that is changing the country's character. This latest volume in the Understanding Modern Nations series explores Greece, the birthplace of democracy and Western philosophical ideas. This thematic encyclopedia is one-of-its kind in its down-to-earth approach and comprehensive analysis of complex issues now facing Greece. It analyzes such topics as government and economics without jargon and brings a lighthearted approach to chapters on such topics as etiquette (e.g., what gestures to avoid so as not to offend), leisure (how Greeks celebrate holidays), and language (the meaning of "opa"). No other book on Greece is organized like this thematic encyclopedia, which has more than 200 entries on topics ranging from Archimedes to refugees. Unique to this encyclopedia is a "Day in the Life" section that explores the actions and thoughts of a high school student, a bank employee, a farmer in a small village, and a retired couple, giving readers a vivid snapshot of life in Greece.


Sweet Greeks

Sweet Greeks
Author: Ann Flesor Beck
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2020-10-26
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0252052285

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Gus Flesor came to the United States from Greece in 1901. His journey led him to Tuscola, Illinois, where he learned the confectioner's trade and opened a business that still stands on Main Street. Sweet Greeks sets the story of Gus Flesor's life as an immigrant in a small town within the larger history of Greek migration to the Midwest. Ann Flesor Beck's charming personal account recreates the atmosphere of her grandfather's candy kitchen with its odors of chocolate and popcorn and the comings-and-goings of family members. "The Store" represented success while anchoring the business district of Gus's chosen home. It also embodied the Midwest émigré experience of chain migration, immigrant networking, resistance and outright threats by local townspeople, food-related entrepreneurship, and tensions over whether later generations would take over the business. An engaging blend of family memoir and Midwest history, Sweet Greeks tells how Greeks became candy makers to the nation, one shop at a time.


Gateway Heritage

Gateway Heritage
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 576
Release: 2002
Genre: Missouri
ISBN:

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Greek Boy - Growing Up Southern

Greek Boy - Growing Up Southern
Author: Dino Thompson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 590
Release: 2000-03-01
Genre: Greek American restaurateurs
ISBN: 9780966576832

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The story of the author and his parents who arrived in Myrtle Beach in 1946 and bought the Kozy Korner Grill and Restaurant.


Growing Up as a Greek American

Growing Up as a Greek American
Author: John L. Kallas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1992
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

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GROWING UP GREEK IN CHICAGO

GROWING UP GREEK IN CHICAGO
Author: Alexander Rassogianis
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2023-02-28
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1977263674

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In this nostalgic memoir, American author Alexander Rassogianis celebrates his Greek ethnicity and the joy of having two cultures from which to draw enrichment. The book is a collection of vignettes from Alexander’s childhood that will entertain and amuse. From creating a nickname, Al, in elementary school (what could be more American than that?), ditching Greek school to play Ping-Pong at Columbus Park, and finding his mother’s Greek pastry after she spent hours trying to hide it, Alexander shares what it was like Growing Up Greek in Chicago.


Growing Up in the Midwest

Growing Up in the Midwest
Author: Clarence A. Andrews
Publisher: Iowa State Press
Total Pages: 230
Release: 1981
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780813802503

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Twenty-two recognized authors have contributed their thoughts on their Middle West.


Growing Up As a Greek American

Growing Up As a Greek American
Author: John Kallas
Publisher: Royal Fireworks Press
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1992-04-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780880920148

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