Format:
Online-Ressource (334 p)
ISBN:
9780631228905
Series Statement:
Blackwell Essential Readings in History v.8
Content:
This book comprises 11 essays on Stalinism by both eminent historians and younger scholars who have conducted research in the newly opened Russian archives. They discuss both the origins and consequences of Stalinism, and illustrate recent scholarly trends in the field of Soviet history.A collection of essays on Stalinism by both eminent and younger scholars. Discusses both the origins and consequences of Stalinism. Provides an overview of the debates for students new to the subject. Includes the results of research in the newly opened Russian archives.〈
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Description based upon print version of record
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Stalinism: The Essential Readings; Contents; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Introduction: Interpretations of Stalinism; Part I The Origins of Stalinism; 1 Stalin's Role; Stalin and his Stalinism: Power and Authority in the Soviet Union, 1930-1953; 2 Social Origins; Grappling with Stalinism; 3 Socialist Ideology; The Soviet Tragedy: A History of Socialism in Russia; 4 The Foreign Threat; The Objectives of the Great Terror, 1937-1938; 5 The Welfare State; Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism as a Civilization; 6 State Violence; State Violence as Technique: The Logic of Violence in Soviet Totalitarianism
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Part II The Consequences of Stalinism7 Resistance and Conformity; Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times; 8 Stalinist Subjectivity; Working, Struggling, Becoming: Stalin-Era Autobiographical Texts; 9 Women and Gender; Women in Soviet Society: Equality, Development, and Social Change; 10 Ethnicity and Nationality; Nature and Nurture in a Socialist Utopia: Delineating the Soviet Socio-Ethnic Body in the Age of Socialism; 11 The Postwar Years; Russia after the War: Hopes, Illusions, and Disappointments; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780470758236
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780631228912
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Stalinism : The Essential Readings
Language:
English
Keywords:
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