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Dreams of nationhood : American Jewish communists and the Soviet Birobidzhan project, 1924-1951 /

The American Jewish Communist movement played a major role in the politics of Jewish communities in cities such as Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia, as well as in many other centers, between the 1920s and the 1950s. Making extensive use of Yiddish-language books, newspapers,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Srebrnik, Henry Felix
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2010.
Colección:Jewish identities in post modern society.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: American Jews, communism, the ICOR and Birobidzhan
  • The formation of Ambijan
  • The people's delegation and the popular front, 1935-1939
  • Wartime aid to the Soviet Union: the ICOR
  • Wartime aid to the Soviet Union: Ambijan
  • The postwar orphans' campaign and the Ambijan-ICOR merger
  • The glory years, 1946-1948
  • Ambijan and the creation of israel
  • The gathering storm: McCarthyism, cold war, and decline
  • Islands of resistance, 1949-1950
  • Conclusion: from hope to hoax.