In the Golden Land: A Century of Russian and Soviet Jewish Immigration in America

by Rita James Simon and Rita J. Simon

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From 1870 to 1900, over a half million Russian Jews came to the United States. Russian Jewish emigration had ceased by the 1920s due to the effects of the First World War, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Quota Acts, but a century later, Jews from the former Soviet Union began to emigrate in large numbers. This detailed account describes the motivations of Russian and Soviet Jews for leaving their homeland and their subsequent adjustments to life...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0275957314

ISBN13:9780275957315

Release Date:March 1997

Publisher:Praeger

Length:200 Pages

Weight:1.04 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Related Subjects

20th Century Demography Ethnic Studies History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Sociology Specific Demographics Urban World

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