Caviar with Champagne Common Luxury and the Ideals of the Good Life in Stalin's Russia

Name: Caviar with Champagne Common Luxury and the Ideals of the Good Life in Stalin's Russia
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ISBN: 9781859736388

ISBN-10: 1859736386

ISBN-13: 9781859736388

Edition: 2003

Authors: Jukka Gronow

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Stalin's Russia is best known for its political repression, forced collectivization and general poverty. This work presents a different aspect of Stalin's rule - the creation of a luxury goods society.

Book details

List price: $46.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 10/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Elizabeth Shove is Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University. Frank Trentmann is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. Richard Wilk is Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies at Indiana University.



List of Figures


Preface and Acknowledgements



Introduction: the Birth of the Soviet Consumer



Soviet Champagne: Stalin's Great Invention



Soviet Kitsch and Organized Carnivals



Increasing Variety



Soviet Novelties and Their Advertising



The Emergence of the Soviet System of Retail Trade



The Political Struggle Over the Development of the Restaurants



Soviet Consumption Amidst General Poverty



Conclusion: Socialist Realism in the Material Culture


Notes


Bibliography


Name Index


Subject Index