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Blueprints and Blood : The Stalinization of Soviet Architecture, 1917-1937 /

Analyzing "totalitarianism from below" in a crucial area of Soviet culture, Hugh Hudson shows how Stalinist forces within the architectural community destroyed an avant-garde movement of urban planners and architects, who attempted to create a more humane built environment for the Soviet p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hudson, Hugh D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chichester, England : Princeton University Press, 1994.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustiations
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Revolution and Architectural Schools of Thought
  • 2. OSA and the People's Dreams
  • 3. The Foundations of Stalinism in Architecture
  • 4. The School of R evolutionary Architecture: VKhUTEMAS
  • 5. Students and the Architectural Wars
  • 6. Stalin's Agents in Architecture: VOPRA
  • 7. The Deintellectualization of Architecture
  • 8. Mikhail Olchitovich and the Terror in Architecture
  • 9. Organizing a Victory Celebration
  • 10. The Victory Congress?
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index