Russian Refuge: Religion, Migration, and Settlement on the North American Pacific Rim

by Susan Wiley Hardwick

Book Overview

In 1987, when victims of religious persecution were finally allowed to leave Russia, a flood of immigrants landed on the Pacific shores of North America. By the end of 1992 over 200,000 Jews and Christians had left their homeland to resettle in a land where they had only recently been considered "the enemy."

Russian Refuge is a comprehensive account of the Russian immigrant experience in California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and British...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226316114
• ISBN13: 9780226316116
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"