PUBLICATIONS

TIME OF ISSUE 2008
PUBLICATIONS Benaki Museum - Proteus
NUMBER OF PAGES 247
NUMBER OF PHOTOS 200 b/w and 19 color pictures
DIMENSIONS 24 x 27
ISBN 978-960-8347-88-5 (Benaki Museum), 978-960-98174-0-0 (Proteus)
LANGUAGE Greek
BOOKTYPE Soft cover
PRICE 40.00

Το Ταξίδι. Το Ελληνικό όνειρο στην Αμερική, 1890-1980 (The Journey. The Greek American Dream, 1890-1980)

This book records how Greeks emigrated to America and settled there during the period 1890-1980, through photographs discovered in American archives by Maria Iliou and the non-profit organization Proteus. This photographic album, which is based on the exhibition of the same name, organised by the Benaki Museum in January 2007, as well as the documentary of the same name, is divided into three chapters: I. Immigrants 1890-1920; II. American citizens 1920-1960; III. Greek Identity 1960-1980.

Texts: Dimitris Arvanitakis, Maria Iliou, Alexander Kitroeff, George Tselios, Nikos Bakounakis.

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