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A vanished ideology : essays on the Jewish communist movement in the English-speaking world in the twentieth century / edited by Matthew B. Hoffman and Henry F. Srebrnik.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781438462202
  • 1438462204
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Vanished ideology.DDC classification:
  • 320.53/2089924 23
LOC classification:
  • HX550.J4 V36 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction / Matthew Hoffman and Henry Srebrnik -- At what cost comrades? : exploring the Jewishness of yiddish-speaking communists in the United States / Matthew Hoffman -- The scorched melting pot : the Jewish people's fraternal order and the making of American Jewish communism, 1930-1950 / Jennifer Young -- Paul Novick, a standard-bearer of yiddish communism / Gennady Estraikh -- Chasing an illusion : the Canadian Jewish communist movement / Henry Srebrnik -- The Canadian Jewish left : culture, community and the Soviet Union / Ester Reiter -- Jews in the communist party of Great Britain : perceptions of ethnicity and class / Stephen M. Cullen -- Jewish communism in Australia / Philip Mendes -- Jews and communism in South Africa / David Yoram Saks -- Conclusion: the end of a dream / Matthew Hoffman and Henry Srebrnik -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: "First comprehensive examination of the rise and decline of the Jewish communist movement in the English-speaking world."-- Provided by Publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Matthew Hoffman and Henry Srebrnik -- At what cost comrades? : exploring the Jewishness of yiddish-speaking communists in the United States / Matthew Hoffman -- The scorched melting pot : the Jewish people's fraternal order and the making of American Jewish communism, 1930-1950 / Jennifer Young -- Paul Novick, a standard-bearer of yiddish communism / Gennady Estraikh -- Chasing an illusion : the Canadian Jewish communist movement / Henry Srebrnik -- The Canadian Jewish left : culture, community and the Soviet Union / Ester Reiter -- Jews in the communist party of Great Britain : perceptions of ethnicity and class / Stephen M. Cullen -- Jewish communism in Australia / Philip Mendes -- Jews and communism in South Africa / David Yoram Saks -- Conclusion: the end of a dream / Matthew Hoffman and Henry Srebrnik -- Contributors -- Index.

Print version record.

"First comprehensive examination of the rise and decline of the Jewish communist movement in the English-speaking world."-- Provided by Publisher.

English.

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