This list consists of seminal texts that define Greek American Studies as presented by Dan Georgakas in his article “Toward a Greek American Canon” (Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora 31.2 [2005]).
Αναγνώστου, Γιώργος. «Black Lives Matter: Ελληνοαμερικανικές τοποθετήσεις, διεθνικές κατευθύνσεις». Σύγχρονα Θέματα, Τεύχος 149, 2020.
Anagnostou, Yiorgos. “Greek American Youth: Multiplying Routes to Hellenism as Cultural Policy.” American Journal of Contemporary Hellenic Issues, vol. 11, Spring 2020, http://www.ahifworld.org/uploads/1/1/7/1/117198244/4_greek_american_youth.pdf.
Antoniou, Mary. “Welfare Activities Among the Greek People in Los Angeles.” Master’s Thesis (1939). University of South California.
Burgess, Thomas. Greeks in America: An Account of Their Coming, Progress, Customs, Living and Aspirations. Boston: Sherman, French, and Company, 1913.
Callinicos, Constance. American Aphrodite: Becoming Female in Greek America. New York: Pella Publishing Company, 1990.
Castanis, Christophorus Plato. The Greek Exile, or A Narrative of the Captivity and Escape of Christophorus Plato Castanis, during the Massacre on the Island of Scio by the Turks, together with Various Adventures in Greece and America. 1851. New York: Cultural Chapter of the Chian Federation, 2002.
Contopoulos, Michael. The Greek Community of New York City: Early Years to 1910. New Rochelle: A. D. Caratzas, 1992.
Counelis, James Steve. Inheritance and Change in Orthodox Christianity. Scranton: University of Scranton Press, 1995.
Economidhou, Maria. E Ellines Tis Amerikis Opos Tous Eidha (The Greeks in America as I Saw Them). New York: Divry Publishing, 1916. [in Greek]
Georgakas, Dan and Charles C. Moskos. “The Greek American Experience.” Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora (Special Issue) 16.1-4 (1989): 5-8.
—. New Directions in Greek American Studies. New York: Pella Publishing Company, 1991.
—. Greek America at Work. New York: Labor Resource Center of Queens College and Greek American Labor Council, 1992.
Hatzidimitriou, Constantine. Founded on Freedom and Virtue: Documents Illustrating the Impact in the United States of the Greek War of Independence, 1921-1829. New Rochelle: A.D. Caratzas, 2003.
Kamaras, Antonis. “Renewing Diaspora Studies in Greece: A Research Agenda.” Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), 30 June 2020, https://www.eliamep.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Policy-paper-35-Antonis-Kamaras-final.pdf.
Karanikas, Alexander. Hellenes & Hellions: Modern Greek Characters in American Literature. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1981.
Kopan, Andrew. Education and Greek Immigrants in Chicago, 1892-1973: A Study in Ethnic Survival. New York: Garland Publishing Co. Inc., 1990.
Kourelis, Kostis and David Pettegrew. “The Greek Communities of Harrisburg and Lancaster: A Study of Immigration, Residence, and Mobility in the City Beautiful Era Pennsylvania.” History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, Special Issue: Harrisburg, Digital Public History, and the “City Beautiful,” vol. 87, no. 1, winter 2020, pp. 66–91.
Harrisburg’s urban reformers promised better housing and living conditions for all the city’s residents, but the demolition of the Old Eighth Ward and the construction of more expensive housing between 1910 and 1930 made it harder for new Greek immigrants to make a living and a home in the city. This article compares demographic and geospatial data for Greek immigrant communities in Harrisburg and neighboring Lancaster to highlight the different challenges and opportunities of Greek communities during the era of City Beautiful.
Kourvetaris, George. Studies on Greek Americans. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. Laliotou, Ioanna. Transatlantic Subjects: Acts of Migration and Cultures of Transnationalism Between Greece and America. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Moskos, Charles C. Greek Americans: Struggle and Success. New Brunswick: Transaction Press, 1989.
Orfanos, Spyros, ed. Reading Greek America: Studies in the Experience of Greeks in the United States. New York: Pella Publishing Company, 2003.
Papanikolas Helen. Toil and Rage in a New Land: The Greek Immigrants in Utah. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1970.
—. Emily-George. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1987.
—. An Amulet of Greek Earth: Generations of Immigrant Folk Culture. Athens, OH: Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, 2002.
Papanikolas, Zeese. Buried Unsung: Louis Tikas and the Ludlow Massacre. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1982.
Peck, Gunther. Reinventing Free Labor: Padrones and Immigrant Workers in the North American West-1880-1828. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000.
Petrakis, Harry Mark. Reflections: A Writer’s Life, A Writer’s Work. Chicago: Lake View Press, 1983.
Psomiades, Harry J. and Alice Scourby, eds. The Greek American Community in Transition. New York: Pella Publishing Company, 1982.
Saloutos, Theodore. The Greeks in the United States. Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press, 1964
Scourby, Alice. The Greek Americans. Boston: Twayne Press, 1984.
Thomopoulos, Elaine, ed. Greek Pioneer Women of Illinois. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing 2000.
The book chronicles the struggles and triumphs, the pathos and joy of five women who emigrated to the United States from 1885 to 1923: Georgia Bitzis Pooley, Presbytera Stella Christoulakis Petrakis, Theano Papazoglou Margaris, and Venette Tomaras Askounes Ashford. With over 125 historic photos and documents which span the years 1885 to 2000, this book showcases the life stories of immigrant pioneer women, their families, friends, and the emerging Greek-American community of Illinois.
Tsemberis, Sam J., Harry J. Psomiades, and Anna Karpathakis, eds. Greek American Families: Traditions and Transformations. NY: Pella Publishing Company, 1999.
Xenides, J. P. The Greeks in America. NY: George H. Dorman Company, 1922.