The Soviet Jewish Americans

This lively, moving narrative provides the first comprehensive account of the emigration of nearly 500,000 Soviet Jews to the United States between 1967 and 1997. By weaving a wide variety of immigrant voices and photographs together with historical, journalistic, social service, and psychological s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Orleck, Annelise (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press 1999.
Colección:The new Americans.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31393718*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What they left behind and why they left
  • Remembering Soviet Jewish life
  • How and why they left
  • What they found and what they created in the United States
  • Settling Soviet Jewish America: New York and beyond
  • Gender and generation: the varied rhythms of acculturation
  • Epilogue: Personal and political transformations--Soviet Jewish life in the United States after 25 years of immigration.