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Contending with Stalinism: Soviet Power and Popular Resistance in the 1930s
Roger Hargreaves
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Paperback. Editor(s): Viola, Lynne. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Resistance has become an important and controversial analytical category for the study of Stalinism. The opening of Soviet archives allows historians an unprecedented look at the fabric of state and society in the 1930s. Researchers long spellbound by myths of Russian fatalism and submission as well as by the very real powers of the Stalinist state are startled by the dimensions of popular resistance under Stalin.Narratives of such resistance are inherently interesting, yet the topic is also significant because it sheds light on its historical surroundings. Contending with Stalinism employs the idea of resistance as a tool to explore what ... Read more
Resistance has become an important and controversial analytical category for the study of Stalinism. The opening of Soviet archives allows historians an unprecedented look at the fabric of state and society in the 1930s. Researchers long spellbound by myths of Russian fatalism and submission as well as by the very real powers of the Stalinist state are startled by the dimensions of popular resistance under Stalin.Narratives of such resistance are inherently interesting, yet the topic is also significant because it sheds light on its historical surroundings. Contending with Stalinism employs the idea of resistance as a tool to explore what ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
362g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801487743
SKU
V9780801487743
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About Roger Hargreaves
Lynne Viola is Professor of History at the University of Toronto. She is the author of The Best Sons of the Fatherland and Peasant Rebels under Stalin and coeditor of The War against the Peasantry.
Reviews for Contending with Stalinism: Soviet Power and Popular Resistance in the 1930s
Lynne Viola has put her scholarly signature on the field of resistance studies with this collection of essays examining the Stalinist 1930s. All the contributions take advantage of research in Soviet-era archival collections now declassified and newly accessible. Many refract the period and its politics through the perspectives of regional archives, and all are informed by recent trends in social ... Read more