Old Lives and New - Soviet Immigrants in Israel and America

Informationen zum Autor Edith Rogovin Frankel is a political scientist who has published widely on the Soviet Union and Soviet Jews. She is the author of Novy Mir: A Case Study in the Politics of Literature 1952-1958 as well as studies on the ethnic Germans of the Soviet Union, the Soviet treatment of Jews, and Soviet Jewish voting patterns in Israel. Frankel has taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Dartmouth College, Stanford University, and University College London, among others. She has developed a website, www.oldlives.com, about this book. Klappentext In the 1970s, Frankel interviewed a number of individuals shortly after they had left the Soviet Union for Israel and the United States. Twenty-five years later, Frankel interviews them again. Their experiences illuminate the complex history of Soviet immigrants and symbolize the universal tale of anyone who has ever emigrated. Zusammenfassung In the 1970s! Frankel interviewed a number of individuals shortly after they had left the Soviet Union for Israel and the United States. Twenty-five years later! Frankel interviews them again. Their experiences illuminate the complex history of Soviet immigrants and symbolize the universal tale of anyone who has ever emigrated. Inhaltsverzeichnis Some Words of ThanksIntroductionPart One: Origins Chapter 1: The War Chapter 2: Post War and Post Stalin Chapter 3: The Formation of Hopes and PlansPart Two: Awakenings and Decisions Chapter 4: The Decision to Leave-and Where Chapter 5: Departures and ArrivalsPart Three: Settling Down Chapter 6: Israel Chapter 7: AmericaPart Four: Twenty-Five Years Later Chapter 8: In America, Twenty-Five Years Later Chapter 9: In Israel, Twenty-Five Years LaterAfterwordList of Immigrants and Where They Appear

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Edith Rogovin Frankel, Frankel Edith Rogovin
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.05.2012
• EAN: 9780761857846
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-5784-6
• Pagine: 214
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; USA, Israel, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples