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The Soviet Jewish Americans Annelise Orleck ; photographs by Elizabeth Cooke
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E184.J5 O68 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Orleck, Annelise.
- Series:
- New Americans (Westport, Conn.)
- The new Americans, 1092-6364
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Soviet Union--History.
- Jews.
- Immigrants--United States--Social conditions.
- Immigrants.
- Jews, Soviet--United States--Social conditions.
- Jews, Soviet.
- United States--Ethnic relations.
- United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Jews--Soviet Union--History.
- Immigrants--United States--Social conditions.
- Jews, Soviet--United States--Social conditions.
- United States--Ethnic relations.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 216 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-210) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives
- ISBN:
- 0313300747 (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 39045169
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