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Tropical Zion

General Trujillo, FDR, and the Jews of Sosua

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An edition of Tropical Zion (2008)

Tropical Zion

General Trujillo, FDR, and the Jews of Sosua

by , , , and

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Duke University Press
Language
English
Pages
447

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Subjects

Colonization, Ethnic relations, Foreign relations, History, Inc Dominican Republic Settlement Association, Jewish Refugees, Jews, Refugees, Jewish, Jewish refugees, Trujillo molina, rafael leonidas, 1891-1961, Roosevelt, franklin d. (franklin delano), 1882-1945, Jews, caribbean area, Jews, colonization, United states, foreign relations, dominican republic, Dominican republic, foreign relations

People

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina (1891-1961)

Places

Dominican Republic, Sosúa, Sosúa (Dominican Republic), United States

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Cover of: Tropical Zion
Tropical Zion: General Trujillo, FDR, and the Jews of Sosua
2009, Duke University Press
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Cover of: Tropical Zion
Tropical Zion: General Trujillo, FDR, and the Jews of Sosúa
2009, Duke University Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Tropical Zion
Tropical Zion: General Trujillo, FDR, and the Jews of Sosua
2008, Duke University Press
in English
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Table of Contents

"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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Series
American encounters/global interactions

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.80097293/58
Library of Congress
F1941.J4 W45 2009, F1941.J4W45 2009

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
447

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OL22678959M
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tropicalziongene0000well
ISBN 13
9780822343899, 9780822344070
LCCN
2008041802
OCLC/WorldCat
272303269
Wikidata
Q57234362
Goodreads
6528315

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