Dear Unknown Friend : The Remarkable Correspondence Between American and Soviet Women.
Peri, Alexis.
Dear Unknown Friend : The Remarkable Correspondence Between American and Soviet Women. - 1st ed. - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2024. ©2024. - 1 online resource (305 pages)
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Greeting: Hello to You, My Still Unknown but Already Close Friend! -- 1. Dear Sister-Ally -- 2. I Come in Peace! -- 3. What Do You Do for Work? -- 4. How Are You Raising Your Children? -- 5. You May Not Hear from Me Again -- Closing: The Heart Is the Main Source of Our Actions -- Archives and Interviews -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Dear Unknown Friend relates the story of US and Soviet pen pals amid the early Cold War. The correspondents, all of them women, approached each other with curiosity and an eye toward coexistence. Their letters--initially tolerated by censors on both sides--revealed the humanity of the enemy and inspired the women to reexamine their own societies.
9780674298248
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Dear Unknown Friend : The Remarkable Correspondence Between American and Soviet Women. - 1st ed. - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2024. ©2024. - 1 online resource (305 pages)
E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Greeting: Hello to You, My Still Unknown but Already Close Friend! -- 1. Dear Sister-Ally -- 2. I Come in Peace! -- 3. What Do You Do for Work? -- 4. How Are You Raising Your Children? -- 5. You May Not Hear from Me Again -- Closing: The Heart Is the Main Source of Our Actions -- Archives and Interviews -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Dear Unknown Friend relates the story of US and Soviet pen pals amid the early Cold War. The correspondents, all of them women, approached each other with curiosity and an eye toward coexistence. Their letters--initially tolerated by censors on both sides--revealed the humanity of the enemy and inspired the women to reexamine their own societies.
9780674298248
Fernzugriff