{"product_id":"in-the-golden-land-a-century-of-russian-and-soviet-jewish-immigration-in-america-hardcover","title":"In the Golden Land: A Century of Russian and Soviet Jewish Immigration in America - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRita James Simon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eUnknown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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 in the United States. Simon, a sociologist, provides insight into who these Jewish immigrants were and are, what they accomplished, and how they have been viewed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRITA J. SIMON is University Professor in the School of Public Affairs and the Washington College of Law at American University. A sociologist, she is editor of \u003ci\u003eNew Lives: The Adjustment of Soviet Jewish Immigrants in the United States and Israel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInternational Migration: The Female Experience\u003c\/i\u003e, and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Ambivalent Welcome: Media Coverage of American Immigration\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also carried out a twenty-year study of transracial adoption. The major findings have been published in two books, \u003ci\u003eAdoption, Race, and Identity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Case for Transracial Adoption\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 9.56 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754116612384,"sku":"9780275957315","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/203cef9bcc7eb83c0dc28277a839b0cd.webp?v=1780033799","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-the-golden-land-a-century-of-russian-and-soviet-jewish-immigration-in-america-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}