Covering the sweep of Russian history from empire to Soviet Union to post-Soviet state, this is a comprehensive yet accessible textbook that situates modern Russia in the context of world history. Moving beyond the traditional Cold War framework, it covers topics such as the construction of the socialist order under Bolshevik government and the development of a new state structure, political ideology and foreign policy in the decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Illustrated with images and maps throughout and containing primary sources and discussion questions in each chapter, this…mehr
Covering the sweep of Russian history from empire to Soviet Union to post-Soviet state, this is a comprehensive yet accessible textbook that situates modern Russia in the context of world history. Moving beyond the traditional Cold War framework, it covers topics such as the construction of the socialist order under Bolshevik government and the development of a new state structure, political ideology and foreign policy in the decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Illustrated with images and maps throughout and containing primary sources and discussion questions in each chapter, this book is an essential introduction to twentieth-century Russian history.
Choi Chatterjee is Professor of History at California State University, Los Angeles. She is the author of Celebrating Women: Gender, Festival Culture and Bolshevik Ideology, 1910-1939 (2002), co-author of The Twentieth Century. A Retrospective (2002) and co-editor of Everyday Life in Russia Past and Present (2015), and The Russian Experience: Americans Encountering the Enigma, 1890 to the Present (2012). Lisa A. Kirschenbaum is Professor of History at West Chester University. She is the author of Small Comrades: Revolutionizing Childhood in Soviet Russia, 1917-1932 (2001); The Legacy of the Siege of Leningrad, 1945-1991 (2006); and International Communism and the Spanish Civil War (2015). Deborah A. Field is Professor of History and Director of Women's and Gender Studies at Adrian College. She is the author of Private Life and Communist Morality in Khrushchev's Russia (2007) and winner of the Adrian College Teaching Excellence Award.
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List of figures List of maps Publisher's acknowledgements An Introduction for Students and Instructors 1 - Empire and Modernization 2 - Modernity, War and Revolution 3 - Constructing the Socialist Order 4 - Making a New World and New People 5 - Revolution from Above 6 - Making Sense of Stalinism 7 - The Great Fatherland War and the Origins of the Cold War 8 - Cold War, Culture, and Everyday Life 9 - Paradoxes of the Thaw 10 - An Era of Stagnation 11 - Gorbachev and the Truth Paradox 12 - Russia after 1991 Index
List of figures List of maps Publisher's acknowledgements An Introduction for Students and Instructors 1 - Empire and Modernization 2 - Modernity, War and Revolution 3 - Constructing the Socialist Order 4 - Making a New World and New People 5 - Revolution from Above 6 - Making Sense of Stalinism 7 - The Great Fatherland War and the Origins of the Cold War 8 - Cold War, Culture, and Everyday Life 9 - Paradoxes of the Thaw 10 - An Era of Stagnation 11 - Gorbachev and the Truth Paradox 12 - Russia after 1991 Index
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