Late Stalinist Russia
Subtitle: society between reconstruction and reinvention
By: edited by Juliane Fürst.
Contributors: Furst, Juliane, 1973-
Series: BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies -- 29
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Abingdon,  Oxon [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780415374767
Subjects: Stalin, Joseph, -- 1879-1953; Soviet Union -- Social conditions; Soviet Union -- Social policy
Description: With fresh research and contributions from scholars, this book explores the late Stalinist period. It focuses on the experience of the Soviet people and their interaction with ideology, state policy, and national and international politics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: late Stalinist society : history, policies and people; title: When the war was over; title: Population, politics and reproduction : late Stalinism and its legacy; title: The bitter legacy of the "Great Patriotic War" : Red Army disabled soldiers under late Stalinism; title: Subversive tales? war rumours in the Soviet Union 1945-47; title: Barracks, queues and private plots : post-war urban and rural landscapes; title: Standard of living versus quality of life : struggling with the urban environment in Russia during the early years of post-war reconstruction; title: "Into the grey zone" : sham peasants and the limits of the kolkhoz order in the post-war Russian village, 1945-1953; title: The corrupted state : war and the rise of the second economy; title: A "campaign spasm" : graft and the limits of the "campaign" against bribery after the Great Patriotic War; title: A darker "big deal" : concealing party crimes in the post-WWII era; title: New generations : identity between the yesterday of war and the possibilities of tomorrow; title: More than just Stalinists : the political sentiments of victors, 1945-1953; title: Children's lives after Zoia's death : order, emotions, and heroism in children's lives and literature in the post-war Soviet Union; title: The importance of being stylish : youth, culture and identity in late Stalinism; title: Post-war spaces : reconstructing a new world; title: "Where should we resettle the comrades next?" : the adjudication of housing claims and the construction of the post-war order; title: The Moscow Gorky Street in late Stalinism : space, history, and Lebenswelten; title: Conclusion : Late Stalinism in historical perspective.