Building That Bright Future : Soviet Karelia in the Life Writing of Finnish North Americans / Samira Saramo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saramo, Samira, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soviet Union--History--1925-1953.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Building that Bright Future examines letters and memoirs of Finnish North Americans to provide a rare glimpse of daily life in the 1930s from the edge of the Soviet Union."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Map of Karelia

Introduction

The Life Writers

Chapter One. The Call of Karjala: Contextualizing the Karelian “Fever”

Chapter Two. “Our Comrades Are Leaving Again”: Moving to Soviet Karelia

Chapter Three. “Of Course Not Like There”: Karelian Living Conditions as Experienced by Finnish North Americans

Chapter Four. “The Golden Fund of Karelia”: Childhood in Finnish North American Karelia

Chapter Five. “Isn’t It a Different Land, This Sickle and Hammer Land?”: Working in Soviet Karelia

Chapter Six. “All Kinds of Hustle and Bustle”: Community Life and Leisure

Chapter Seven. “Karelia Is Soaked in the Blood of Innocent People”: Writing about the Great Terror

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Saramo, Samira Building That Bright Future

ISBN:

9781487530921

OCLC:

1289622132