| Description |
xiv, 317 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Blackwell essential readings in history |
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Blackwell essential readings in history.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Interpretations of Stalinism / David L. Hoffmann -- 1. Stalin's Role. Stalin and his Stalinism: Power and Authority in the Soviet Union, 1930-1953 / Ronald Grigor Suny -- 2. Social Origins. Grappling with Stalinism / Moshe Lewin -- 3. Socialist Ideology. The Soviet Tragedy: A History of Socialism in Russia / Martin Malia -- 4. The Foreign Threat. The Objectives of the Great Terror, 1937-1938 / Oleg Khlevnyuk -- 5. The Welfare State. Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism as a Civilization / Stephen Kotkin -- 6. State Violence. State Violence as Technique: The Logic of Violence in Soviet Totalitarianism / Peter Holquist -- 7. Resistance and Conformity. Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times / Sheila Fitzpatrick -- 8. Stalinist Subjectivity. Working, Struggling, Becoming: Stalin-Era Autobiographical Texts / Jochen Hellbeck -- 9. Women and Gender. Women in Soviet Society: Equality, Development, and Social Change / Gail Warshofsky Lapidus -- 10.Ethnicity and nationality : nature and nurture in a socialist utopia : delineating the Soviet socio-ethnic body in the age of socialism / Amir Weiner -- 11.The postwar years: Russia after the war : hopes, illusions, and disappointments / Elena Zubkova |
| Summary |
"The chapters include work by both eminent historians and younger scholars who have conducted research in the newly-opened Russian Archives. These perspectives are brought together by the editor who provides a contextualizing chapter and introductions to the debates. The book provides students and teachers with a valuable overview of the scholarship on Stalinism and an understanding of the debates that have shaped the field of Soviet history."--Jacket |
| Contents |
10. Ethnicity and Nationality |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| SUBJECT |
USSR -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125847
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USSR -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125852
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| Author |
Hoffmann, David L. (David Lloyd), 1961-
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| LC no. |
2002009489 |
| ISBN |
063122890X |
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0631228918 paperback |
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0631228918 : |
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063122890X hardback |
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