Screen LibraryLate Stalinist Russia：society between reconstruction and reinvention
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | London New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies ; 29 |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 287 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0415374766 (hbk.) 9780415374767 (hbk.) 0203969685 (ebk.) 9780203969687 (ebk.) |
| Index Number: | K512 |
| CLC: | K512.5 |
| Call Number: | K512.5/L351 |
| Contents: |
Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : late Stalinist society : history, policies and people -- When the war was over -- Population, politics and reproduction : late Stalinism and its legacy -- The bitter legacy of the "Great Patriotic War" : Red Army disabled soldiers under late Stalinism -- Subversive tales? : war rumours in the Soviet Union 1945-47 -- Barracks, queues and private plots : post-war urban and rural landscapes -- Standard of living versus quality of life : struggling with the urban environment in Russia during the early years of post-war reconstruction -- "Into the grey zone" : sham peasants and the limits of the kolkhoz order in the post-war Russian village, 1945-1953 -- The corrupted state : war and the rise of the second economy -- A "campaign spasm" : graft and the limits of the "campaign" against bribery after the Great Patriotic War -- A darker "big deal" : concealing party crimes in the post-Second World War era -- New generations : identity between the yesterday of war and the possibilities of tomorrow -- More than just Stalinists : the political sentiments of victors, 1945-1953 -- Children's lives after Zoia's death : order, emotions, and heroism in children's lives and literature in the post-war Soviet Union -- The importance of being stylish : youth, culture and identity in late Stalinism -- Post-war spaces : reconstructing a new world -- "Where should we resettle the comrades next?" : the adjudication of housing claims and the construction of the post-war order -- The Moscow Gorky Street in late Stalinism : space, history, and Lebenswelten -- Conclusion : Late Stalinism in historical perspective. |