MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01828cam a22003614a 4500
001 2008041802
003 DLC
005 20090425084150.0
008 080923s2009 ncua b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2008041802
020 $a9780822343899 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780822344070 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aNcD/DLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aF1941.J4$bW45 2009
082 00 $a305.80097293/58$222
100 1 $aWells, Allen,$d1951-
245 10 $aTropical Zion :$bGeneral Trujillo, FDR, and the Jews of Sosua /$cAllen Wells.
260 $aDurham :$bDuke University Press,$c2009.
300 $axxxi, 447 p. :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aAmerican encounters/global interactions
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [409]-435) and index.
505 0 $a"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.
650 0 $aJews$zDominican Republic$zSosúa$xHistory.
650 0 $aJews$xColonization$zDominican Republic$zSosúa.
650 0 $aJewish refugees$zDominican Republic$zSosúa.
651 0 $aSosúa (Dominican Republic)$xEthnic relations.
600 10 $aTrujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas,$d1891-1961.
600 10 $aRoosevelt, Franklin D.$q(Franklin Delano),$d1882-1945.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zDominican Republic.
651 0 $aDominican Republic$xForeign relations$zUnited States.
610 20 $aDominican Republic Settlement Association, Inc.