And Now My Soul Is Hardened - Abandoned Children in Soviet Russia, 1918-1930

Warfare, epidemics, and famine left millions of Soviet children homeless during the 1920s. Many became beggars, prostitutes, and thieves, and were denizens of both secluded underworld haunts and bustling train stations. Alan Ball's study of these abandoned children examines their lives and the strategies the government used to remove them from the streets lest they threaten plans to mold a new socialist generation. The "rehabilitation" of these youths and the results years later are an important lesson in Soviet history.

About the author

Alan M. Ball is Associate Professor of History at Marquette University and the author of Russia's Last Capitalists: The Nepmen, 1921-1929 (California, 1987).

Summary

Warfare, epidemics, and famine left millions of Soviet children homeless during the 1920s. This title studies these abandoned children, and examines their lives and the strategies the government used to remove them from the streets lest they threaten plans to mold a new socialist generation.

Product details

• Authors: Alan M. Ball, Ball Alan M.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.11.1996
• EAN: 9780520206946
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20694-6
• No. of pages: 356
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Social and cultural history, Child welfare, Age groups: children, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Central / national / federal government policies, Age groups: adolescents, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Child welfare and youth services, Central government policies, Housing & homelessness, Housing and homelessness, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era