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Author Wells, Allen, 1951- author.
Title Tropical Zion : General Trujillo, FDR, and the Jews of Sosúa / Allen Wells.
Publication Info Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2009.


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Descript xxxi, 447 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Contents "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 Sosúa -- A "splendid president" -- Golden years -- "The beginning of the end" -- Ravages of aging.
ISBN 9780822343899 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822344070 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Author Wells, Allen, 1951- author.
Series American encounters/global interactions
American encounters/global interactions.
Subject Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas, 1891-1961.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Dominican Republic Settlement Association, Inc.
Jews -- Dominican Republic -- Sosúa -- History.
Jews -- Colonization -- Dominican Republic -- Sosúa.
Jewish refugees -- Dominican Republic -- Sosúa.
Sosúa (Dominican Republic) -- Ethnic relations.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republic -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Descript xxxi, 447 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Contents "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 Sosúa -- A "splendid president" -- Golden years -- "The beginning of the end" -- Ravages of aging.
ISBN 9780822343899 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822344070 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Author Wells, Allen, 1951- author.
Series American encounters/global interactions
American encounters/global interactions.
Subject Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas, 1891-1961.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Dominican Republic Settlement Association, Inc.
Jews -- Dominican Republic -- Sosúa -- History.
Jews -- Colonization -- Dominican Republic -- Sosúa.
Jewish refugees -- Dominican Republic -- Sosúa.
Sosúa (Dominican Republic) -- Ethnic relations.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republic -- Foreign relations -- United States.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 Wilberforce Institute  F 1941 J4 W4  DEPT DECISION  ASK AT DEPT

Subject Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas, 1891-1961.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Dominican Republic Settlement Association, Inc.
Jews -- Dominican Republic -- Sosúa -- History.
Jews -- Colonization -- Dominican Republic -- Sosúa.
Jewish refugees -- Dominican Republic -- Sosúa.
Sosúa (Dominican Republic) -- Ethnic relations.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republic -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Descript xxxi, 447 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Contents "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 Sosúa -- A "splendid president" -- Golden years -- "The beginning of the end" -- Ravages of aging.
ISBN 9780822343899 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822344070 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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