Tropical Zion : General Trujillo, FDR, and the Jews of Sosua / Allen Wells.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wells, Allen, 1951-

Series:

American encounters/global interactions.

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

American encounters/global interactions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas, 1891-1961.

Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Dominican Republic Settlement Association, Inc.

Jews--Dominican Republic--Sosua--History.

Jews.

Jews--Colonization--Dominican Republic--Sosua.

Jewish refugees--Dominican Republic--Sosua.

Jewish refugees.

Sosúa (Dominican Republic)--Ethnic relations.

Sosúa (Dominican Republic).

United States--Foreign relations--Dominican Republic.

United States.

Dominican Republic--Foreign relations--United States.

Dominican Republic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (482 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A history of Sosúa, a Dominican Republic settlement founded as a refuge for Jews fleeing Nazi Europe, and an analysis of the geopolitics underlying the settlement s formation.

Contents:

"Our ethnic problem"

Think big

Jewish farmers

Converging interests

"The eyes of the world are on the Dominican Republic"

One good turn

Lives in the balance

Playing god

Growing pains

First impressions

Flawed vision

Containment

Trial and error

Middle age

The man who saved Sosua

A "splendid president"

Golden years

"The beginning of the end"

Ravages of aging.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-435) and index.

ISBN:

9786613065278

9780822344070

0822344076

9781283065276

1283065274

OCLC:

311903402