Laughing All the Way to Freedom: The Americanization of a Russian Emigre

All immigrants of the world coming to America expect it to be like their home country—only better. What they often fail to consider is that, like that of any other nation, America's DNA differs from that of their country. It may take a lifetime to adjust to the unfamiliar country's culture, mentality, and way of doing many things differently from the way they have known. It is especially true when immigrants came to America from a country based on different principles, in this case, collectivist Russia versus individualist America, with opposing political systems—the democratic American one and the totalitarian Soviet. This book is an account of the author's coming to America a half-century ago with certain, mostly mistaken, expectations, and of the process of discovery on his way to becoming an American himself. In his essays, the author uses self-deprecating humor to recollect his growing pains as he overcomes his upbringing in a totalitarian society to embrace America's defining values.
ASIN: 147669298X
VSKU: GBV.147669298X.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Draitser, Emil
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: Crisp copy with a sturdy binding and light shelf wear.