{"product_id":"building-that-bright-future-9781487504809","title":"Building That Bright Future","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuilding 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Saramo’s scrupulous respect for these hitherto buried voices has real value.\" -- Charlotte Gray * \u003cem\u003eLiterary Review of Canada\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMap 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","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409141801303,"sku":"9781487504809","price":47.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487504809.jpg?v=1730505593","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/building-that-bright-future-9781487504809","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}