Stalinism The Essential Readings

Name: Stalinism The Essential Readings
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ISBN: 9780631228912

ISBN-10: 0631228918

ISBN-13: 9780631228912

Edition: 2003

Authors: David Hoffmann

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This volume presents some 12 explanations of Stalinism written by leading international scholars. The articles and excerpts, chosen for their interpretive significance, illustrate the evolution of scholarship on Stalinism over the last 25 years.

Book details

List price: $62.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/13/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Glossary


Introduction


Interpretations of Stalinism




The Origins of Stalinism



Stalin's Role




Social Origins: Grappling with Stalinism




Socialist Ideology


The Soviet Tragedy


A History of Socialism in Russia




The Foreign Threat


The Objectives of the Great Terror, 1937ndash




The Welfare State


Magnetic Mountain


Stalinism as a Civilization




State Violence


State Violence as Technique


The Logic of Violence in Soviet Totalitarianism




The Consequences of Stalinism



Resistance and Conformity


Everyday Stalinism


Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times




Stalinist Subjectivity: Working, Struggling, Becoming




Women and Gender


Women in Soviet Society: Equality, Development, and Social Change




Ethnicity and Nationality


Nature and Nurture in a Socialist Utopia


Delineating the Soviet Socio-Ethnic Body in the Age of Socialism




The Postwar Years: Russia after the War: Hopes, Illusions, and Disappointments



Index