De Stalinisation Reconsidered – Persistence and Change in the Soviet Union - Softcover

Bohn, Thomas; Einax, Rayk

 
9783593501666: De Stalinisation Reconsidered – Persistence and Change in the Soviet Union
Softcover
ISBN 10: 359350166X ISBN 13: 9783593501666
Publisher: Campus Verlag, 2015

Synopsis

Joseph Stalin's death was a defining event in Soviet history. In its aftermath, the state was forced to reconceive its political, economic, social, and cultural identity. This volume critically engages with this period of de-Stalinization in the Soviet Union. It offers fresh perspectives not just on Scalinism, but also on questions of change and continuity in Soviet politics, modernization, and society more generally, moving broad-scale processes such as urbanization into the center of interpreting Soviet history. And in so doing, De-Stalinization Reconsidered makes clear that the Soviet history of the 1950s and '60s is crucial for understanding not only glasnost and perestroika, but contemporary Russia, as well.

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About the Author

Thomas M. Bohn is professor of the history of Eastern Europe at Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen, Germany. Rayk Einax is a research assistant of the history of Eastern Europe at Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen. Michel Abesser is a research assistant of the history of Eastern Europe at Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Germany.

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Publisher
Campus Verlag
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
359350166X
ISBN 13 
9783593501666
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
276