Terror and Democracy in the Age of Stalin The Social Dynamics of Repression

Name: Terror and Democracy in the Age of Stalin The Social Dynamics of Repression
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ISBN: 9780521685092

ISBN-10: 0521685095

ISBN-13: 9780521685092

Edition: 2007

Authors: Wendy Z. Goldman

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Terror and Democracy in Stalin's Russia is the first book devoted exclusively to popular participation in the ??Great Terror, ?? a period in which millions of people were arrested, interrogated, shot, and sent to labor camps. In the unions and the factories, repression was accompanied by a mass campaign for democracy. Party leaders urged workers to criticize and remove corrupt and negligent officials. Workers, shop foremen, local Party members, and union leaders adopted the slogans of repression and used them, often against each other, to redress long-standing grievances. Using new, formerly secret archival sources, Terror and Democracy in Stalin's Russia shows how ordinary people moved in…

Book details

List price: $47.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/27/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 286
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



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Acknowledgments


Introduction: Toward a Social History of the Terror



The Social Crisis of Industrialization



From Murder to Mass Conspiracy



Mobilizing Mass Support for Repression



The Campaign for Union Democracy



Victims and Perpetrators



Rituals of Repression in the Factories


Conclusion


Index