Why did Greeks in the late 1800s cross a sea; an ocean and a continent; to start new lives in the United States? Why did they eventually migrate to a small dusty town in the desert Southwest? How did Albuquerque become a center of Greek-America in the 1930s? And how did the decision to build the church in 1944 in the Huning Highland originate from a tragic event? This book answers these questions and more. It also details the compassionate response of the community to the appearance of Greek ''lungers'' seeking the cure to the ravages of tuberculosis; and traces the decision to establish in 1937 in Albuquerque the Nation's only Greek-American tuberculosis sanatorium. This book begins with the first Greeks coming; at the turn of the nineteenth century; to Albuquerque with the railroad. It details how they began immigrating to the town in large numbers after the First World War; and shows how; by the 1920s; these indomitable men owned and operated numerous businesses in the heart of new Albuquerque. It also shows how their brides made their own unique contribution by transforming the Greek population into a community. They assimilated into the United States and contributed to Albuquerque's ethnic and cultural diversity. This country gave them opportunity; and in turn; they gave their best.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. useful volumeBy Gregory A. HillisMatt Kapstein is perhaps the world's most accomplished and diverse scholar of Tibetan history; culture and religion. In this book of essays; he examines the intersection between various strands of Indian Buddhist philosophy and their cognates in Tibetan Buddhism. In so doing; he provides a fascinating glimpse into the underlying philosophical questions that were hotly debated during the the period of transition from India to Tibet; as well as into the ways in which the terms of the discourse necessarily shifted as a result of significantly different historical; cultural; geographical; and linguistic influences. Kapstein writes with precision and clarity; which is not to say that all of this material is easy to penetrate. Still; as with virtually all of his books; this volume will be enormously useful for students and scholars of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism.
