Stalinism : the essential readings / / edited by David L. Hoffmann

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820122203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA, : Blackwell, 2003
• ISBN: 1-281-32132-X; 9786611321321; 0-470-70463-2; 0-470-75838-4; 0-470-75823-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (334 p.)
• Collana: Blackwell essential readings in history
• Altri autori (Persone): HoffmannDavid L <1961-> (David Lloyd)
• Disciplina: 947.084
• Soggetti: Soviet Union Politics and government 1936-1953; Soviet Union Social conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Stalin's role : Stalin and his Stalinism : power and authority in the Soviet Union, 1930-1953 / Ronald Grigor Suny -- Social origins : grappling with Stalinism / Moshe Lewin -- Socialist ideology : the Soviet tragedy : a history of socialism in Russia / Martin Malia -- The foreign threat : the objectives of the Great Terror, 1937-38 / Oleg Khlevnyuk -- The welfare state : magnetic mountain : Stalinism as a civilization / Stephen Kotkin -- State violence : state violence as technique : the logic of violence in Soviet totalitarianism / Peter Holquist -- Resistance and conformity : everyday Stalinism : ordinary life in extraordinary times / Sheila Fitzpatrick -- Stalinist subjectivity : working, struggling, becoming : Stalin-era autobiographical texts / Jochen Hellbeck -- Women and gender : women in Soviet society : equality, development, and social change / Gail Warshofsky Lapidus -- Ethnicity and nationality : nature and nurture in a socialist utopia : delineating the Soviet socio-ethnic body in the age of socialism / Amir Weiner -- The postwar years : Russia after the war : hopes, illusions, and disappointments / Elena Zubkova.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book comprises 11 essays on Stalinism by both eminent historians and younger scholars who have conducted research in the newly ; opened Russian archives. They discuss both the origins and consequences of Stalinism, and illustrate recent scholarly trends in the field of Soviet history.A collection of essays on Stalinism by both eminent and younger scholars. Discusses both the origins and consequences of Stalinism. Provides an overview of the debates for students new to the subject. Includes the results of research in the newly opened Russian archives.<