For more than a century emigrants from Lebanon have been establishing communities throughout the world. This book is concerned with those Lebanese who have settled in North and South America, the Caribbean, Australia, West Africa, and other parts of the Middle East. The essays have been written by historians, economists, sociologists and political scientists. They evaluate the impact of Lebanese settlers on host societies, processes of integration, the economic political and cultural aspects of settlement, and the relations they have maintained with the home country. The contributors are Albert Hourani, Professor Charles Issawi, Dr Roger Owen, Patricia Nabii, Kohei Hashimoto, Dr Alixa Naff, Professor Barbara Aswad, Professor Michael Suleiman, Dr Trevor Batrouney, Dr Michael Humphrey, Dr Abe Ata, Ignacio Klich, Professor Clark Knowlton, Dr Jeff Lesser, Dr Estela Valverde, Rev David Nicholls, Dr Louise Lestrange Posada, Dr Luz Maria Martinez Montiel, Dr Robin Ostle, Professor H.
Laurens van der Laan, Dr Said Boumedouha, Dr Neil Leighton, Dr Devendra Misra, Professor Boutros Labaki, Dr Marwan Mouaouia, Professor Baha' Aboul Laban, Dr Brian McGuire, Dr Percy Kemp, Professor Rudolf Veccoli, Dr Michael Davie and Professor Fuad Khuri.