A history of a colony of European Jewish refugees in the Dominican Republic, examined in the context of US refugee policy during World War II and US-Dominican relations.
A history of a colony of European Jewish refugees in the Dominican Republic, examined in the context of US refugee policy during World War II and US-Dominican relations.
Allen Wells is the Roger Howell Jr. Professor of History at Bowdoin College. He is the author of Yucatán’s Gilded Age: Haciendas, Henequen, and International Harvester, 1860–1915; a co-author of Summer of Discontent, Seasons of Upheaval: Elite Politics and Rural Rebellion in Yucatán, 1876–1915; and a co-editor of The Second Conquest of Latin America: Coffee, Henequen, and Oil during the Export Boom, 1850–1930.
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Abbreviations ix Prologue xi Part One: The Refugees' Plight 1. "Our Ethnic Problem" 3 2. Think Big 28 3. Jewish Farmers 44 Part Two: Converging Interests 4. "The Eyes of the World Are on the Dominican Republic" 69 5. One Good Turn 91 6. Lives in the Balance 105 7. Playing God 127 Part Three: Growing Pains 8. First Impressions 151 9. Flawed Vision 176 10. Containment 198 11. Trial and Error 219 Part Four: Middle Age 12. The Man Who Saved Souls 243 13. A "Splendid President" 266 14. Golden Years 281 15. "The Beginning of the End" 299 16. Ravages of Aging 314 Epilogue 339 Acknowledgments 355 Notes 359 Bibliography 409 Index 437
Abbreviations ix Prologue xi Part One: The Refugees' Plight 1. "Our Ethnic Problem" 3 2. Think Big 28 3. Jewish Farmers 44 Part Two: Converging Interests 4. "The Eyes of the World Are on the Dominican Republic" 69 5. One Good Turn 91 6. Lives in the Balance 105 7. Playing God 127 Part Three: Growing Pains 8. First Impressions 151 9. Flawed Vision 176 10. Containment 198 11. Trial and Error 219 Part Four: Middle Age 12. The Man Who Saved Souls 243 13. A "Splendid President" 266 14. Golden Years 281 15. "The Beginning of the End" 299 16. Ravages of Aging 314 Epilogue 339 Acknowledgments 355 Notes 359 Bibliography 409 Index 437
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