Everyday Stalinism - Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times - Soviet Russia in the 1930s

Review from previous edition "Fitzpatrick makes subtle use of the press and of police reports that assist in giving us one of the most comprhensive accounts of what it meant to live in Stalin's Russia in the 1930's" Informationen zum Autor Sheila Fitzpatrick teaches modern Russian history at the University of Chicago. A former President of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, and a co-editor of The Journal of Modern History, she is also the author of The Russian Revolution, Stalin's Peasants, and many other books and articles about Russia. She lives in Chicago. Klappentext Drawing on research from newly opened Soviet archives, a leading authority on modern Russian history shows how living conditions and day-to-day practices changed dramatically in Soviet Russia with Stalin's revolution of the 1930s--forcing ordinary people to live under extraordinary circumstances. 5 halftones. 5 illustrations. Zusammenfassung Here is a pioneering account of everyday life under Stalin, written by one of the foremost authorities on modern Russian history. Focusing on urban areas, the book is an eye-opening account of day-to-day life in the blighted urban landscape of 1930's Russia Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction 1: "The Party Is Always Right" 2: Hard Times 3: Palaces on Monday 4: The Magic Tablecloth 5: Insulted and Injured 6: Family Problems 7: Conversations and Listeners 8: A Time of Troubles Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Sheila Fitzpatrick
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.04.2001
• EAN: 9780195050011
• ISBN: 978-0-19-505001-1
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 206 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Far-left political ideologies and movements, c 1950 to c 1959, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Marxism & Communism, C 1945 To C 1960, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era