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almahu_9949481283202882
Umfang:
1 online resource (320 p.) :
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14 b-w illus.
ISBN:
9780300265590
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9783110993899
Inhalt:
A compelling intellectual biography of Stalin told through his personal library In this engaging life of the twentieth century's most self-consciously learned dictator, Geoffrey Roberts explores the books Stalin read, how he read them, and what they taught him. Stalin firmly believed in the transformative potential of words and his voracious appetite for reading guided him throughout his years. A biography as well as an intellectual portrait, this book explores all aspects of Stalin's tumultuous life and politics. Stalin, an avid reader from an early age, amassed a surprisingly diverse personal collection of thousands of books, many of which he marked and annotated revealing his intimate thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. Based on his wide-ranging research in Russian archives, Roberts tells the story of the creation, fragmentation, and resurrection of Stalin's personal library. As a true believer in communist ideology, Stalin was a fanatical idealist who hated his enemies-the bourgeoisie, kulaks, capitalists, imperialists, reactionaries, counter-revolutionaries, traitors-but detested their ideas even more.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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List of Plates --
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Introduction: The Kremlin Scholar --
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1. Bloody Tyrant and Bookworm --
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2. The Search for the Stalin Biographers' Stone --
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3. Reading, Writing and Revolution --
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4. The Life and Fate of a Dictator's Library --
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5. Bah Humbug! Stalin's Pometki --
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6. Reverse Engineering: Stalin and Soviet Literature --
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7. Editor-in-Chief of the USSR --
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Conclusion: The Dictator Who Loved Books --
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Notes --
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Further Reading --
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Acknowledgements --
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Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
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EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780300179040
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
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Allgemeines
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https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780300265590
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https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300265590
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