Dreams of Nationhood
Academic Studies Press (Verlag)
978-1-61811-817-2 (ISBN)
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.
Henry Srebrnik (PhD, University of Birmingham, England) is a Professor in the Department of Political Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. His most recent books include Jerusalem on the Amur: Birobidzhan and the Canadian Jewish Communist Movement, 1924-1951 (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2008) and London Jews and British Communism, 1935-1945 (London: Vallentine Mitchell, 1995) He also served on the editorial team for De Facto States: The Quest For Sovereignty (London: Routledge, 2004) with Tozun Bahcheli and Barry Bartmann.
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
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
Appendix: Paul Novick's 1936 Visit to the Jewish Autonomous Region
Appendix: George Koval
Selected Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 19.06.2018 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Jewish Identities in Post-Modern Society |
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Brighton |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-61811-817-X / 161811817X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-61811-817-2 / 9781618118172 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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