The Stalin Era
1st Edition
Published on 12. November 2012
270 pages
978-1-134-73937-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a wide-ranging history of every aspect of Stalin's dictatorship over the peoples of the Soviet Union. Drawing upon a huge array of primary and secondary sources, The Stalin Era is a first-hand account of Stalinist thought, policy and and their effects. It places the man and his ideology into context both within pre-Revolutionary Russia, Lenin's Soviet Union and post-Stalinist Russia. The Stalin Era examines:
* collectivisation
* industrialisation
* terror
* government
* the Cult of Stalin
* education and Science
* family
* religion: The Russian Orthodox Church
* art and the state.
* collectivisation
* industrialisation
* terror
* government
* the Cult of Stalin
* education and Science
* family
* religion: The Russian Orthodox Church
* art and the state.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
20,84 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-73937-0 (9781134739370)
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Philip Boobbyer
The Stalin Era
Book
09/2000
1st Edition
Routledge
€171.10
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Person
Philip Boobbyer is Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He is author of S.L. Frank: the Life and Work of a Russian Philosopher, 1877-1950 (Ohio University Press, 1995).
Content
Chapter 1 Interpreting the Stalin era; Chapter 2 From Lenin to Stalin; Chapter 3 Collectivisation; Chapter 4 Industrialisation; Chapter 5 Terror; Chapter 6 Government; Chapter 7 Stalin: the man and the cult; Chapter 8 The Second World War; Chapter 9 Education and science; Chapter 10 The family; Chapter 11 Religion: The Russian Orthodox Church; Chapter 12 The artist and the state; Chapter 13 The problem of ends and means; Chapter 14 Overview;
