American Latvians - Politics of a Refugee Community

Analyzes the political experience of a small American ethnic group - American Latvians. This book offers a look into the life of this community of political refugees, and provides a perspective on the Cold War as experienced by certain ethnic groups. It reasserts the need to understand the generalized category of 'white Americans'.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
1 Into Exile
2 American Latvians as Ethnic Anticommunists
3 Ghosts from the Past
4 Surviving the Soviet Pressure
5 The End of Exile
Conclusion
Index

About the author

Ieva Zake is an associate professor in the Sociology Department at Rowan University. She is author of two books: Anti-Communist Minorities in the US and Nineteenth-Century Nationalism and Twentieth-Century Anti-democratic Ideals: The Case of Latvia, 1840s to 1908s.

Summary

This book analyzes the political experience of a small and unique American ethnic group—American Latvians. This community was constituted by post-World War II political refugees, who fled Communism and arrived in the United States seeking safety and protection.

Product details

• Authors: Ieva Zake, Zake Ieva
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2010
• EAN: 9781412814515
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-1451-5
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, Latvia, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies