Hamid Akbari

Iranians in Chicagoland

Location

Chicago, IL
United States
US
Catalog Number: 
Book, Akbari, Hamid
Date: 
2005
Abstract: 
"In 1893, Haj Mirrza Mohammad Ali Moen-Ol Saltaneh journeyed to Chicago from Iran to visit the World Columbian Exposition. According to his memoirs, the Exhibition's Ferris Wheel was one of the first things he saw. He visited the Persian Palace, Iran's exhibit at the Exposition, where he met Iranian women. These Iranians were likely the earliest group of Iranians who came to Chicago. They little imagined that by 2004, at least 10,000 Iranians would live in the city."
Language: 
English
Notes: 
Abstract taken from the back cover.
Format: 
Series Title: 
Publisher: 
ISSN/ISBN: 
0738533904
Item Donor: 
Chicago Publishers Gallery