Tropical Zion General Trujillo, FDR, and the Jews of Sosï¿½a

Name: Tropical Zion General Trujillo, FDR, and the Jews of Sosï¿½a
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ISBN: 9780822344070

ISBN-10: 0822344076

ISBN-13: 9780822344070

Edition: 2009

Authors: Allen Wells

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Seven hundred and fifty Jewish refugees fled Nazi Germany and founded the agricultural settlement of Sosuacute;a in the Dominican Republic, then ruled by one of Latin America's most repressive dictators, General Rafael Trujillo. InTropical Zion, Allen Wells, a distinguished historian and the son of a Sosuacute;a settler, tells the compelling story of that dictator, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and those fortunate pioneers who founded a successful employee-owned dairy cooperative on the north shore of the island. Why did a dictator admit these desperate refugees when so few nations would accept those fleeing fascism? Eager to mollify international critics after his army had massacred 15,000…

Book details

List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 1/12/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.716
Language: English

Steven C. Topik is Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine.Allen Wells is Roger Howell, Jr., Professor of History at Bowdoin College.



Abbreviations


Prologue



The Refugees' Plight



"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 Souls



A "Splendid President"



Golden Years



"The Beginning of the End"



Ravages of Aging


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index