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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462077203321

Autore

Hoffman Betty N

Titolo

Jewish hearts [[electronic resource] ] : a study of dynamic ethnicity in the United States and the Soviet Union / / Betty N. Hoffman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2001

ISBN

0-7914-9078-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in oral and public history

Disciplina

974.6/3004924

Soggetti

Immigrants - Connecticut - Hartford - History - 20th century

Jews - Migrations

Jews - Connecticut - Hartford - History - 20th century

Jews - Connecticut - Hartford - Identity

Jews - Soviet Union - History

Jews - Soviet Union - Identity

Jews, Soviet - Connecticut - Hartford

Electronic books.

Hartford (Conn.) Ethnic relations

Soviet Union Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-274) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Illustration""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Definitions and Demographics""; ""Russian Jews""; ""Soviet Jews""; ""American Jews""; ""Sources of Information""; """"The Literature""""; ""Theoretical Analysis in a Complex World""; ""THE TRANSFORMATION OF JEWISH LIFE IN TWO CONTEXTS, 1881-1970""; ""The Old Country""; ""The Search for a Niche In the Soviet World""; ""Die Goldene Medine: The Golden Land""; ""The Consolidation of the Hartford Jewish Community""

""EGYPT AND THE EXODUS, 1970-1984""""Egypt""; ""Jewish Identity""; ""Ethnicity: In the Community,at School, and at Work""; ""The Exodus""; ""THE PROMISED LAND, 1975-1984""; ""Selecting New Strategies for the New World""; ""Incorporating New Variables""; ""Involvement with Community Life""; ""Religion and Identity in the Promised Land""; ""Back



Matter""; ""Conclusion""; ""NOTES""; ""SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""; ""Back Cover""