| Dreams of Nationhood: American Jewish Communists and the Soviet Birobidzhan Project, 1924-1951 Contributor(s): Srebrnik, Henry Felix (Author) |
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ISBN: 1936235110 ISBN-13: 9781936235117 Publisher: Academic Studies Press OUR PRICE: $122.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Jewish Studies - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism |
| Dewey: 973.049 |
| LCCN: 2010024428 |
| Series: Jewish Identities in Post-Modern Society |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.32 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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, periodicals, pamphlets, and other materials, Dreams of Nationhood traces the ideological and material support provided to the Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan, located in the far east of the Soviet Union, by two American Jewish Communist-led organizations, the ICOR and the American Birobidzhan Committee. By providing a detailed historical examination of the political work of these two groups, the book makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of twentieth-century Jewish life in the United States. |