Acknowledgements; Some notes on the translations; Part One: Emigration, the Arab Nahda and the United States of America - An Introduction; Part Two: The Texts; Section One: Minorities; 1. The Book of the Description of Kingdoms by Idwar Ilyas, 1876; 2. Kawkab America by Abraham Arbeely; 3. Alaska and the Klondike: Land of Gold by Jibra'il 'Assaf Mir'I, early 1890s; 4. Instructive Travels in the New World by Dr Naguib Abdou; 5. The American Journey by Prince Muhammad 'Ali Pasha, 1912; Section Two: Women and Gender; 1. The Book of the Description of Kingdoms by Idwar Ilyas, 1876; 2. The Traveler's Guidebook: and the history of America by Saj'an Effendi 'Arij Sa'adeh; 3.

'The [female] Syrian emigrant' by Miss Wadi'a Faris Rashid; 4. 'Who has precedence: man or woman?' by Mrs Asma Sabir; 5. 'The need to put a limit on or to pass a law prohibiting the Syrian woman from emigrating to America'; 6. The Stranger in the West by Mikha'il Rustum Shuwayri, 1895; Section Three: Identity and Americanization; 1. The Book of the Description of Kingdoms by Idwar Ilyas, 1876; 2. History of the United States since its discovery until present times, followed by the history of Syrian emigration and all that pertains to it by Basil M. Kherbawi, 1888; 3. The Traveler's Guidebook: and the history of America by Saj'an Effendi 'Arij Sa'adeh; 4.

The Syrian Soldier in Three Wars by Jibra'il Ilyas Ward, al-Tarabulsi, 1898; 5. 'The Greatness of America' by Bulus Effendi al-Khawli, 1905; 6. 'From the Rooftops of New York' by Ameen Rihani, 1907; 7. 'Syrians in America' by Yusuf Jirjis Zakham; Section Four: Return; 1. Diary of Khalil al-Sakakini: Diary, Letters, Reflections by Khalil al-Sakakini; 2. The American Journey by Prince Muhammad 'Ali Pasha, 1912; Bibliography; Index.?.