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Magnetic mountain : Stalinism as a civilization /

This study is the first of its kind: a street-level inside account of what Stalinism meant to the masses of ordinary people who lived it. Stephen Kotkin was the first American in 45 years to be allowed into Magnitogorsk, a city built in response to Stalin's decision to transform the predominant...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Kotkin, Stephen
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 1997.
Édition:[Pbk. ed., 1997].
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Résumé:This study is the first of its kind: a street-level inside account of what Stalinism meant to the masses of ordinary people who lived it. Stephen Kotkin was the first American in 45 years to be allowed into Magnitogorsk, a city built in response to Stalin's decision to transform the predominantly agricultural nation into a "country of metal." With unique access to previously untapped archives and interviews, Kotkin forges a vivid and compelling account of the impact of industrialization on a single urban community. Kotkin argues that Stalinism offered itself as an opportunity for enlightenment
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xxv, 639 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-608) and index.
ISBN:9780520918856
0520918851
0585363560
9780585363561