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

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 1920's and the 1950's. Making extensive use of Yiddish-language books,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Srebrnik, Henry Felix (-)
Autor Corporativo: National Endowment for the Humanities and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program funder (funder)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Academic Studies Press 2010.
Colección:Jewish identities in post modern society.
Materias:
Icor.
Jews > United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
Jewish communists > United States > History > 20th century.
Communism > United States > History > 20th century.
Birobidzhan (Russia) > History.
Evreĭskai͡a avtonomnai͡a oblastʹ (Russia) > History.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009421015306719
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.

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