Club Red
Subtitle: vacation travel and the Soviet dream
By: Diane P. Koenker
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780801451539
Subjects: Social life and customs; Vacations; Culture and tourism; Socialism and culture; Tourism; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-298) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : vacations, tourism, and the paradoxes of Soviet culture; title: Mending the human motor; title: Proletarian tourism : the best form of rest; title: The proletarian tourist in the 1930s : seeking the good life on the road; title: Restoring vacations after the war; title: From treatment to vacation : the post-Stalin consumer regime; title: Post-proletarian tourism : the new Soviet person takes to the road; title: The modernization of Soviet tourism; title: Conclusion : Soviet vacations and the modern world.