LEADER 03718nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910813350703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-08078-7 010 $a9786613520258 010 $a0-520-91885-1 010 $a0-585-36356-0 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520918856 035 $a(CKB)111004366718500 035 $a(EBL)223718 035 $a(OCoLC)47010138 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000084461 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11980903 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084461 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10185421 035 $a(PQKB)11552904 035 $a(DE-B1597)520079 035 $a(OCoLC)785335267 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520918856 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC223718 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366718500 100 $a19980423h19971995 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMagnetic mountain $eStalinism as a civilization /$fStephen Kotkin 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d1997, c1995 215 $a1 online resource (xxvi, 639 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-06908-0 311 $a0-520-20823-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 599-608) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations and Tables --$tAcknowledgments --$tUSSR Organizational Structure, 1930's --$tNote on Translation --$tIntroduction: Understanding the Russian Revolution --$tIntroduction --$t1. On the March for Metal --$t2. Peopling a Shock Construction Site --$t3. The Idiocy of Urban Life --$tIntroduction --$t4. Living Space and the Stranger's Gaze --$t5. Speaking Bolshevik --$t6. Bread and a Circus --$t7. Dizzy with Success --$tAfterword: Stalinism as a Civilization --$tNote on Sources --$tNotes --$tSelect Bibliography --$tPhotograph Credits --$tIndex 330 $aThis study is the first of its kind: a street-level inside account of what Stalinism meant to the masses of ordinary people who lived it. Stephen Kotkin was the first American in 45 years to be allowed into Magnitogorsk, a city built in response to Stalin's decision to transform the predominantly agricultural nation into a "country of metal." With unique access to previously untapped archives and interviews, Kotkin forges a vivid and compelling account of the impact of industrialization on a single urban community. Kotkin argues that Stalinism offered itself as an opportunity for enlightenment. The utopia it proffered, socialism, would be a new civilization based on the repudiation of capitalism. The extent to which the citizenry participated in this scheme and the relationship of the state's ambitions to the dreams of ordinary people form the substance of this fascinating story. Kotkin tells it deftly, with a remarkable understanding of the social and political system, as well as a keen instinct for the details of everyday life. Kotkin depicts a whole range of life: from the blast furnace workers who labored in the enormous iron and steel plant, to the families who struggled with the shortage of housing and services. Thematically organized and closely focused, Magnetic Mountain signals the beginning of a new stage in the writing of Soviet social history. 606 $aCommunism$zSoviet Union$vCase studies 607 $aMagnitogorsk (Russia)$xHistory 607 $aSoviet Union$xPolitics and government$y1917-1936 615 0$aCommunism 676 $a947.87084 700 $aKotkin$b Stephen$0301208 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813350703321 996 $aMagnetic mountain$9722152 997 $aUNINA