Tracy McDonald

Face to the Village

The Riazan Countryside Under Soviet Rule, 1921-1930

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Richly rooted in archival sources, including local and central-level secret police reports, detailed cases of the local and provincial courts, government records, and newspaper reports, Face to the Village is a nuanced study of the everyday workings of the Russian village in the 1920s.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9781487521691
• ISBN-10: 1487521693
• Artikelnr.: 45232498

Autorenporträt

By Tracy McDonald

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations and Maps
Word Choice and Translation
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One. The Battle for Space: What Physical and Virtual Space Reveal
about the Countryside
1. The Setting
2. The Police
3. The Courts
4. The Rural Soviet
Part Two. The Battle for Resources: What Non-Violent Crime Reveals about
the Countryside
5. T axation: Talking with the Taxman about Subsistence; or, Feeding the
Proletarian Cat
6. The Forest: Wood, Warmth, and Repair
Part Three. The Battle for Souls: What Violent Crime Reveals about the
Countryside
7. Bandit Tales: The Steam of the Still and the Lure of Easy Profit
8. Hooliganism: Toward the Cultured Life
9. Rough Justice: The Village Disciplines Its Own
10. Pitelino
Conclusion
Appendix
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index