Building that bright future : Soviet Karelia in the life writing of Finnish North Americans /
"In the early 1930s, approximately 6,500 Finns from Canada and the United States moved to Soviet Karelia, on the border of Finland, to build a Finnish workers' society. They were recruited by the Soviet leadership for their North American mechanical and lumber expertise, their familiarity...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2022] |
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at Project MUSE |
Table of Contents:
- Map of Karelia
- Introduction
- 1. The Question of Karjala: Contextualizing the Karelian "Fever"
- 2. Our Comrades Are Leaving Again: Moving to Soviet Karelia
- 3. ... Of Course Not Like There: Karelian Living Conditions as Experienced by Finnish North Americans
- 4. The Golden Fund of Karelia: Childhood in Finnish North American Karelia
- 5. Isn't It a Different Land, This Sickle and Hammer Land?: Working in Soviet Karelia
- 6. All Kinds of Hustle and Bustle: Social Life, Community Involvement, and Leisure
- 7. Karelia Is Soaked in the Blood of Innocent People: Writing about the Great Terror
- Conclusion
- Bibliography