Contending With Stalinism: Soviet Power and Popular Resistance in the 1930s - Couverture souple

 
9780801487743: Contending With Stalinism: Soviet Power and Popular Resistance in the 1930s
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ISBN 10 : 0801487749 ISBN 13 : 9780801487743
Editeur : Cornell University Press, 2002

Synopsis

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 otherwise would remain opaque features of the social, cultural, and political history of the 1930s. In the process, the authors reveal a semi-autonomous world residing within and beyond the official world of Stalinism. Resistance ranged across a spectrum from violent strikes to the passive resistance that was a virtual way of life for millions and took many forms, from foot dragging and negligence to feigned ignorance and false compliance. Contending with Stalinism also highlights the problematic nature of resistance as an analytical category and stresses the ambiguous nature of the phenomenon. The topics addressed include working-class strikes, peasant rebellions, black-market crimes, official corruption, and homosexual and ethnic subcultures.

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À propos de l?auteur

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.

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Éditeur
Cornell University Press
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0801487749
ISBN 13 
9780801487743
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
256
Éditeur
Viola Lynne
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780801439834: Contending With Stalinism: Soviet Power and Popular Resistance in the 1930s

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0801439833 ISBN 13 :  9780801439834
Editeur : Cornell University Press, 2002
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