| Jewish Hearts: A Study of Dynamic Ethnicity in the United States and the Soviet Union Contributor(s): Hoffman, Betty N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791449459 ISBN-13: 9780791449455 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - History - History | United States - General - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 974.630 |
| LCCN: 00067120 |
| Series: Suny Oral and Public History |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.18" W x 9.26" (1.14 lbs) 308 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This ethnographic study compares and contrasts the changing ethnic identity of those Russian Jews who settled in Hartford, Connecticut between 1881 and 1930 with that of the Soviet Jews who remained in Russia after the Revolution, became Soviet citizens, and emigrated after 1975. Although both groups were labeled "Jews," their internal definitions of what constituted being Jewish and their personal experiences were radically different. Using both archival and contemporary oral histories, Betty N. Hoffman traces the stories of real people whose lives and choices were affected by both their ethnic identity and the larger movements around them as they made new homes in the United States. |