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Building that Bright Future examines letters and memoirs of Finnish North Americans to provide a rare glimpse of daily life in the 1930s from the edge of the Soviet Union.

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"Saramo’s scrupulous respect for these hitherto buried voices has real value." -- Charlotte Gray * Literary Review of Canada *

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

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      Publisher: University of Toronto Press
      Publication Date: 14/07/2022
      ISBN13: 9781487504809, 978-1487504809
      ISBN10: 1487504802
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Building that Bright Future examines letters and memoirs of Finnish North Americans to provide a rare glimpse of daily life in the 1930s from the edge of the Soviet Union.

      Trade Review
      "Saramo’s scrupulous respect for these hitherto buried voices has real value." -- Charlotte Gray * Literary Review of Canada *

      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

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