Studies Of The Third Wave: Recent Soviet Jewish Immigration To The United States - Softcover

Jacobs, Dan A; Paul, Ellen F

 
9780367304546: Studies Of The Third Wave: Recent Soviet Jewish Immigration To The United States
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0367304546 ISBN 13: 9780367304546
Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

During the 1970s the Soviet Union allowed large numbers of its citizens to emigrate, the first major group allowed to leave in five decades. The number of emigres peaked in 1979, with 50,000 persons leaving the USSR―most of them Soviet Jews, most of them bound for the United States. This book studies this most recent of three major influxes of Soviet Jews into the United States. Using case studies based on six major cities, it considers where the immigrants came from, why they came, how they feel about the Soviet regime and people, what their occupations were in the USSR, and how they are adjusting to social and professional life in the United States. Their responses are compared with those of earlier immigrants to draw conclusions about the role the "third wave" may play in U.S. life. The interviews also shed light on current political, social, and economic conditions in the Soviet Union.

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About the Author

"Dan N. Jacobs is professor of political science at Miami University.
Ellen Frankel Paul is assistant professor of political science at the University of Colorado, currently on leave and associated with The Hoover Institution."

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367304546
ISBN 13 
9780367304546
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
186

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