Query: 1990's books that are about totalitarianism but not about Nazi Germany
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
The Appointment (novel)
China Misperceived
The Fruits of Fascism
The Black Book of Communism
Hammer and Hoe
Fascism (book)
Everyday Stalinism
A People's Tragedy
Stalin: Breaker of Nations
Battle Royale (novel)
The Road to Terror
The Walls Came Tumbling Down: The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe
Red China Blues
Evidence from documents: The Appointment (novel): 1990's books: a novel by German author Herta Müller. The novel was originally published in German in 1997 and later in English by Metropolitan Books and Picador, a Macmillan imprint, in 2001.
that are about totalitarianism but not about Nazi Germany: 'The Appointment'' portrays the humiliations of Communist Romania, told from the perspective of a young woman working as a clothing-factory worker who has been summoned by the secret police. She is accused of sewing notes into the linings of men's suits bound for Italy asking that the recipient marry her to help her get out of the country.
The Fruits of Fascism: '''''The Fruits of Fascism: Postwar Prosperity in Historical Perspective''''' is a 1990 book by a professor of International Affairs, Simon Reich.
The Black Book of Communism: 1990's books: a 1997 book by Stéphane Courtois, Andrzej Paczkowski, Nicolas Werth, Jean-Louis Margolin, and several other European academics documenting a history of political repression by Communist states, including genocides, extrajudicial executions, deportations, and deaths in labor camps and artificially created famines.
that are about totalitarianism but not about Nazi Germany: The authors use the term ''Communism'' to mean Leninist and Marxist–Leninist communism, i.e. the actually existing Communist regimes and "real socialism" of the 20th century; they distinguish it from small-c communism, which has existed for millennia, while capital-c Communism began in 1917 with the Bolshevik Revolution, which Stéphane Courtois describes as a coup.
Hammer and Hoe: '''''Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression''''' is a 1990 book on U.S. history by Robin D. G. Kelley. It describes labor, racial and social history in Alabama during the Great Depression, focusing on black communist organizing.
Fascism (book): '''''Fascism''''' is a book edited by political theorist Roger Griffin. It was published by Oxford University Press in 1995 as a 410-page paperback. It is a reader in the Oxford Readers series, which assembles the writings of various authors on the topic of fascism and the far-right. It serves as an English-language source book to introduce readers to pre-fascist anti-liberalism, interwar fascism in Italy and Germany, as well as associated international variants of fascism from Argentina to Japan.
Everyday Stalinism: 1990's books: a book by Australian academic Sheila Fitzpatrick first published in 1999 by Oxford University Press and in paperback in 2000.
that are about totalitarianism but not about Nazi Germany: Everyday Stalinism looks at the effects of urbanization and industrialization in the Soviet Union in the 1930s under Joseph Stalin. Focused on a ''history from below'', Fitzpatrick records a history of impoverishment, overcrowding, and social destruction visited upon the average person.
A People's Tragedy: 1990's books: It was written between 1989 and 1996, and first edition was published in 1996
that are about totalitarianism but not about Nazi Germany: 'A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891–1924''''' is a history book by British historian Orlando Figes on the Russian Revolution and the years leading up to it
Stalin: Breaker of Nations: a biography of Joseph Stalin by author and historian Robert Conquest. It was published in 1991 by Weidenfeld and Nicolson and Penguin Books.
Battle Royale (novel): the first novel by the Japanese author Koushun Takami. Originally completed in 1996, it was not published until 1999. The story tells of junior high school students who are forced to fight each other to the death in a program run by a fictional, fascist, totalitarian Japanese government known as the Republic of Greater East Asia.
The Road to Terror: a political history of the Soviet Union from 19321939 written by John Archibald Getty III and Oleg V. Naumov. Originally published by Yale University Press in 1999
The Walls Came Tumbling Down: The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe: Beginning with the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia and culminating in the 1989-1991 revolutions, ''The Walls Came Tumbling Down'' is a narrative of the gradual collapse of Eastern European communism.
Red China Blues: '''''Red China Blues: My Long March from Mao to Now''''' is a 1996 book by Chinese-Canadian journalist Jan Wong.