Thank You, Comrade Stalin! Soviet Public Culture from Revolution to Cold War

Name: Thank You, Comrade Stalin! Soviet Public Culture from Revolution to Cold War
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ISBN: 9780691088679

ISBN-10: 0691088675

ISBN-13: 9780691088679

Edition: 1999

Authors: Jeffrey Brooks

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Drawing from research into the most influential Russian newspapers, this book explores the nature, origins, and effects of the idealization of the state, Communist Party, and leader in the Soviet Union between the Revolution and the Cold War.

Book details

List price: $52.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 3/4/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.17" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Jeffrey J. Brooks, BSc; PhD; FIMS. Retired. Formerly Senior Lectures & Director of Postgraduate Studies in Civil Engineering at Leeds University. Has over 30 years of experience with over 150 papers as well as several textbooks.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Prologue



The Monopoly of the Printed Word: From Persuasion to Compulsion



The First Decade: From Class War to Socialist Building



The Performance Begins



The Economy of the Gift: ""Thank You, Comrade Stalin for a Happy Childhood""



Literature and the Arts: ""An Ode to Stalin""



Honor and Dishonor



Many Wars, One Victory



The Theft of the War


Epilogue Renewal, Stagnation, and Collapse


Notes


Index