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The first extensive account of Russian-language newspapers' attempt to find a permanent audience in America.
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Through an analysis of the newspapers and of archival and published sources, Karlowich deals with the ethnic diversity of emigration from the Russian Empire, the revolutionary movement at home and in exile, the burgeoning Yiddish culture of New York's lower East Side, and the religious, political, and economic expansion of the immigrant colony after the failure of the 1905 Revolution, with its attendant crises and tensions. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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