Chicago History 161: Ethnic Neighborhoods in Chicago & the Suburbs
Greek
Overviews
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The Greek Settlement of Chicago: 1840s and BeyondHorrible interface, but great information.
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Chicago: Greeks of the ‘Second City’Chicago is a case study in chain migration, as relatives and fellow villagers sponsored others to come over, and this process continued for several generations, and included plenty of two-way traffic
Deeper Dives
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Greeks: Halsted Street
Descriptions of early Greek settlement in Chicago.
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Greek Shoeshine Boys (Immigration Case Files and Stories of Restriction and Deportation)
Case study of a Greek immigrant to Chicago and immigration law.
The National Hellenic Museum: Telling the Greek Story in America (3:56)
Only in Chicago: Behind the history of Greektown (3:00)
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