num_pages: 232
description: " . . . an exciting, first-rate contribution to our understanding of Soviet history on several levels . . . and the relationship between tsarist and Soviet educational policies and practices." ―Ben Eklof"Larry E. Holmes' book is a fine, expert study of a difficult topic." ―The Historian" . . . this first-rate work definitely points the way toward a new understanding of the Soviet Union in the 1920s." ―Journal of Modern History" . . . a succinct and original study of early Soviet education and an engaging disaggregation of the convoluted relations among ideology, politics, and social reality in a revolutionary society . . . This well-researched, innovative, and insightful study is required reading for any serious student of early Soviet history." ―The Russian Review". . . elegantly written, a pithy fast paced, and intersting book . . ." ―East West EducationLarry Holmes examines Soviet school policy from 1917 to 1931 in its ideological, political, institutional, and social dimensions.
language: English
title: The Kremlin and the Schoolhouse: Reforming Education in Soviet Russia, 1917-1931
titlecomplete: The Kremlin and the Schoolhouse: Reforming Education in Soviet Russia, 1917-1931 (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies)
ratings_count: 3
series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies
publisher: Indiana University Press