that information is already contained in the body; I removed the unsourced claim, and there is no need to specify Azerbaijan as "Republic of Azerbaijan", since there is no ambiguity |
Alborz Fallah (talk | contribs) The source article do specify Azerbaijanis as "Republic of Azerbaijan". |
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{{dablink|This article is about the Azerbaijani Americans of [[Republic of Azerbaijan|Azerbaijan]], an [[ethnic group|ethnolinguistic group]] found both in [[Iran]] and [[Republic of Azerbaijan|Azerbaijan]]. For Iranian-American Azerbaijanis, see [[Iranian American]]s.}}</div> |
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'''Azerbaijani Americans''' are [[Americans]] of ethnic [[Azerbaijani people|Azerbaijani]] origin, from both [[Azerbaijan]] and [[Iran]]. The majority of the group are immigrants whom arrived either as political refugees from the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran or after the fall of the [[Soviet Union]] in the late 1980s when Azerbaijan restored its independence. |
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'''Azerbaijani Americans''' are [[United States|Americans]] of ethnic [[Azerbaijani people|Azerbaijani]] origin. Until 1980 , the Azerbaijanis in the United States were a small group of recent immigrants numbering perhaps 200 families<ref name="Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups">[http://books.google.com/books?id=npQ6Hd3G4kgC&pg=PA171&dq=azerbaijanis&sig=ACfU3U3-6XHyH2-tykubUP1o63KUIXLMvw#PPA171,M1 Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups] by Stephan Thernstrom, Ann Orlov, et al. Harvard University Press: 1980. p. 171. ISBN: 0674375122</ref> , after that the information about their number is not clear. |
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Most of the Azerbaijani immigrants in the United States were German prisoners of war during [[World War II]] who left the western zones of [[Germany]] for the United States in the early 1950s.There is also a small number of surviving refugees who fled their homeland in 1920 after the demise of the independent [[Azerbaijan Democratic Republic|republic of Azerbaijan]].The post 1920 refugees first settled in [[Turkey]] and [[Iran]], then came to the United States for economic reasons in 1950s and 1960.Both groups settled in [[New York City]], Northern [[New Jersey]], and [[Massachusetts]], and more recently in [[Florida]] and [[California]].The ex-prisoners of war later worked in blue collar jobs, whereas Azeri immigrants from Turkey and Iran were able to hold on to their original occupations as merchants, artisans and clerks. By [[1980]] there were around 200 Azeri families in the United States, with about 80% of them being [[endogamy|endogamic]].<ref name="Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups">Ibid.</ref> |
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Azerbaijani Americans are Americans of ethnic Azerbaijani origin. Until 1980 , the Azerbaijanis in the United States were a small group of recent immigrants numbering perhaps 200 families[1] , after that the information about their number is not clear.
Most of the Azerbaijani immigrants in the United States were German prisoners of war during World War II who left the western zones of Germany for the United States in the early 1950s.There is also a small number of surviving refugees who fled their homeland in 1920 after the demise of the independent republic of Azerbaijan.The post 1920 refugees first settled in Turkey and Iran, then came to the United States for economic reasons in 1950s and 1960.Both groups settled in New York City, Northern New Jersey, and Massachusetts, and more recently in Florida and California.The ex-prisoners of war later worked in blue collar jobs, whereas Azeri immigrants from Turkey and Iran were able to hold on to their original occupations as merchants, artisans and clerks. By 1980 there were around 200 Azeri families in the United States, with about 80% of them being endogamic.[1]
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- ^ a b Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups by Stephan Thernstrom, Ann Orlov, et al. Harvard University Press: 1980. p. 171. ISBN: 0674375122 Cite error: The named reference "Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).