Tropical Zion : General Trujillo, FDR, and the Jews of Sosúa /

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Seven hundred and fifty Jewish refugees fled Nazi Germany and founded the agricultural settlement of Sosúa in the Dominican Republic, then ruled by one of Latin America's most repressive dictators, General Rafael Trujillo. In Tropical Zion, Allen Wells, a distinguished historian and the son of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wells, Allen (Autor)
Otros Autores: Joseph, Gilbert M. (Editor ), Rosenberg, Emily S. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [2009]
Colección:American encounters/global interactions : 39
Temas:
Jewish refugees > Dominican Republic > Sosúa.
Jews > Colonization > Dominican Republic > Sosúa.
Jews > Dominican Republic > Sosúa > History.
HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Prologue
  • Part One The Refugees' Plight
  • Chapter 1. "Our Ethnic Problem"
  • Chapter 2. Think Big
  • Chapter 3. Jewish Farmers
  • Part Two Converging Interests
  • Chapter 4. "The Eyes of the World Are on the Dominican Republic"
  • Chapter 5. One Good Turn
  • Chapter 6. Lives in the Balance
  • Chapter 7. Playing God
  • Part Three Growing Pains
  • Chapter 8. First Impressions
  • Chapter 9. Flawed Vision
  • Chapter 10. Containment
  • Chapter 11. Trial and Error
  • Part Four Middle Age
  • Chapter 12. The Man Who Saved Sosúa
  • Chapter 13. A "Splendid President"
  • Chapter 14. Golden Years
  • Chapter 15. "The Beginning of the End"
  • Chapter 16. Ravages of Aging
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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