Rewriting History in Soviet Russia The Politics of Revisionist Historiography 1956-1974

This book explores the political significance of the development of historical revisionism in the USSR under Khrushchev in the wake of the Twentieth Congress of the CPSU and its demise with the onset of the 'period of stagnation' under Brezhnev. On the basis of intensive interviews and original manuscript material, the book demonstrates that the vigorous rejuvenation of historiography undertaken by Soviet historians in the 1960s conceptually cleared the way for and fomented the dramatic upheaval in Soviet historical writing occasioned by the advent of perestroika.

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ROGER MARKWICK Lectures in Modern European History at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

Riassunto

This book explores the political significance of the development of historical revisionism in the USSR under Khrushchev in the wake of the Twentieth Congress of the CPSU and its demise with the onset of the 'period of stagnation' under Brezhnev. On the basis of intensive interviews and original manuscript material, the book demonstrates that the vigorous rejuvenation of historiography undertaken by Soviet historians in the 1960s conceptually cleared the way for and fomented the dramatic upheaval in Soviet historical writing occasioned by the advent of perestroika.

Testo aggiuntivo

' Rewriting History in Soviet Russia is necessary reading.' - History : Reviews of New Books

Relazione

' Rewriting History in Soviet Russia is necessary reading.' - History : Reviews of New Books

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Roger D. Markwick, R. Markwick, R Markwick
• Editore: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 01.01.2001
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia
• EAN: 9780333792094
• ISBN: 978-0-333-79209-4
• Numero di pagine: 327
• Illustrazioni: XX, 327 p.
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 13.8 x 2.4 x 21.6 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 521 g
• Categorie: B, History, European History, Political Science, Political science & theory, Historiography, History, Modern, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, Historiography and Method, Europe—History, Europe, Eastern—History, History of specific lands, Russian, Soviet, and East European History, Russia—History, History of other geographical groupings and regions