ISBN:
9780822392057
,
0822392054
Language:
English
Pages:
xxxi, 447 p.
Year of publication:
2009
Series Statement:
American encounters/global interactions
Keywords:
Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas
;
Roosevelt, Franklin D
;
Dominican Republic Settlement Association, Inc
;
Jews History
;
Jews Colonization
;
Jewish refugees
;
Trujillo Molina, Rafael LeoÌnidas ; 1891-1961
;
Jews ; Dominican Republic ; SosuÌa ; History
;
Jews ; Colonization ; Dominican Republic ; SosuÌa
;
Jewish refugees ; Dominican Republic ; SosuÌa
;
SosuÌa (Dominican Republic) ; Ethnic relations
;
Roosevelt, Franklin D ; (Franklin Delano) ; 1882-1945
;
Dominican Republic Settlement Association, Inc
;
United States ; Foreign relations ; Dominican Republic
;
Dominican Republic ; Foreign relations ; United States
;
Electronic books ; lcgft
;
Jewish refugees ; Dominican Republic ; Sosúa
;
Sosúa (Dominican Republic) ; Ethnic relations
;
Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas ; 1891-1961
;
Jews ; Dominican Republic ; Sosúa ; History
;
Jews ; Colonization ; Dominican Republic ; Sosúa
;
Electronic books
;
Sosúa (Dominican Republic) Ethnic relations
;
United States Foreign relations
;
Dominican Republic Foreign relations
Abstract:
"Our ethnic problem" -- Think big -- Jewish farmers -- Converging interests -- "The eyes of the world are on the Dominican Republic" -- One good turn -- Lives in the balance -- Playing god -- Growing pains -- First impressions -- Flawed vision -- Containment -- Trial and error -- Middle age -- The man who saved Sosua -- A "splendid president" -- Golden years -- "The beginning of the end" -- Ravages of aging.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-435) and index
DOI:
10.1215/9780822392057
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9780822392057?locatt=mode:legacy
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