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Stalinism on the frontier of empire : women and state formation in the Soviet Far East /

"This is a fascinating account of frontier Stalinism told through the previously unexplored history of a campaign to attract female settlers to the socialist frontiers of the Soviet Far East in the late 1930s. Elena Shulman reveals the instrumental part these migrants played in the extension of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shulman, Elena, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Women and Soviet power
  • "Where steel cracks like glass"
  • "Our famous Valia": the rise of a Soviet notable
  • "Envy for everything heroic": women volunteering for the frontier
  • "Bol'shevichki were never ascetics!": female morale and Communist morality
  • Snivelers and patriots
  • Conclusion.