First Socialist Society A History of the Soviet Union from Within, Second Enlarged Edition

Name: First Socialist Society A History of the Soviet Union from Within, Second Enlarged Edition
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ISBN: 9780674304437

ISBN-10: 0674304438

ISBN-13: 9780674304437

Edition: 3rd 1993 (Enlarged)

Authors: Geoffrey Hosking

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The First Socialist Society is the compelling and often tragic history of what Soviet citizens have lived through from 1917 to the present, told with great sympathy and perception. It ranges over the changing lives of peasants, urban workers, and professionals; the interaction of Soviet autocrats with the people; the character and role of religion, law, education, and literature within Soviet society; and the significance and fate of various national groups. As the story unfolds, we come to understand how the ideas of Marxism have been changed, taking on almost unrecognizable forms by unique political and economic circumstances. Hosking's analysis of this vast and complex country begins…

Book details

List price: $43.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 3/15/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 575
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.70" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

Geoffrey Hosking is retired Professor of Russian History at the University College London.



Prefaces to the Enlarged Editions


Preface to the First Edition



Introduction



The October Revolution



War Communism



The Making of the Soviet Union



The New Economic Policy and its Political Dilemmas



Revolution from Above



Stalin's Terror



Stalinist Society



Religion and Nationality under the Soviet State



The Great Fatherland War



The Last Years of Stalin



Khrushchev and de-Stalinization



Soviet Society under 'Developed Socialism'



Religion, Nationality and Dissent



The Decline and Fall of the Soviet Union Chronology


Statistical Tables


Bibliography


Index Maps


The Soviet Union


The Soviet Union in the Second World War


The Soviet Union in Eastern Europe