Dreams of Nationhood

Henry Srebrnik (PhD, University of Birmingham, England) is a Professor in the Department of Political Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. His most recent books include Jerusalem on the Amur: Birobidzhan and the Canadian Jewish Communist Movement, 1924-1951 (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2008) and London Jews and British Communism, 1935-1945 (London: Vallentine Mitchell, 1995) He also served on the editorial team for De Facto States: The Quest For Sovereignty (London: Routledge, 2004) with Tozun Bahcheli and Barry Bartmann.

• AbbreviationsList of IllustrationsIntroduction: American Jews, Communism, the ICOR and BirobidzhanThe Formation of AmbijanThe ""People's Delegation"" and the Popular Front, 1935-1939Wartime Aid to the Soviet Union: the ICORWartime Aid to the Soviet Union: Ambijanthe Postwar Orphans' Campaign and the Ambijan-ICOR MergerThe Glory Years, 1946-1948Ambijan and the Creation of IsraelThe Gathering Storm: McCarthyism, Cold War, and DeclineIslands of Resistance, 1949-1950Conclusion: From Hope to HoaxAppendix: Paul Novick's 1936 Visit to the Jewish Autonomous RegionAppendix: George KovalSelected BibliographyIndex

“Henry Srebrnik began his research of the place of Birobidzhan in the ideological space of American Jews over a decade ago. I believe I have read the majority of his publications on this fascinating and little-known topic, and this new book, Dreams of Nationhood, is the best among them.”