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Record Nr.

UNINA9910552755903321

Autore

Fitzpatrick Sheila

Titolo

Cultural Revolution in Russia, 1928–1931 / edited by Sheila Fitzpatrick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Indiana University Press, 1978

Indiana University Press, , 1978

Bloomington

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 309 p.) : : ill. ;

Collana

Studies of the Russian Institute, Columbia University

Altri autori (Persone)

FitzpatrickSheila

Disciplina

306/.2/0947

Soggetti

History of other lands

Electronic books.

Soviet Union Intellectual life Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The conference at which these papers were originally presented was jointly sponsored by the Research and Development Committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies and the Russian Institute, Columbia University."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

China's cultural revolution of the 1960s had an important precedent in the Soviet Union during the First Five-Year Plan, when established authorities and institutions in culture and the professions came under attack from militant Communist intellectuals. One of the most challenging questions for the student ofthis turbulent era is the actual nature of the revolution. Was it "revolution from above," initiated and controlled by the Party leadership, or "revolution from below," brought on by Marxist radicals within the cultural professions and pressure from an upwardly mobile working class? This important book, focused on the transition from NEP to Stalinism, presents both sides of the vigrous current debate.