Constructive Spirit: Quakers in Revolutionary Russia - Softcover

McFadden, David; Gorfinkel, Claire; Nikitin, Sergei

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0964804255 ISBN 13: 9780964804258

Publisher: Intentional Productions, 2004

Synopsis

The history of Anna Haines, Nancy Babb and the other Quakers who went to Russia to provide relief from war and famine between 1916 and 1931 enables us to explore intertwined issues of religious witness, political action and humanitarian service in the midst of extremely challenging personal and political conditions.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

The stories of the men and women who let their lives speak through the channel of the American Friends Service Committee are always uplifting. That of the volunteers who went to Russia ... to relieve famine and help men, women and children rebuild their lives is especially so. The authors have done us a great service in putting together for the first time the complete story of this service of love in war and peacetime. -- Margaret Hope Bacon, Quaker Historian

About the Author:

David McFadden, principal research and author, is a professor of history at Fairfield University in Connecticut, where he focuses on Twentieth Century Russian-American relations. His previous book, Alternative Paths, Soviets and Americans 1917 to 1920, was published by Oxford University Press in 1983. He lives in Connecticut.Claire Gorfinkel, writer and editor, is author of "The Evacuation Diary of Hatusye Egami" (1995) and "Much Remains to be Done; Ruth Chance and California's 20th Century Movement for Social Change" (2003) both published by Intentional Productions. She lives in Altadena, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Intentional Productions
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0964804255
• ISBN 13: 9780964804258
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232