The socialist way of life in Siberia : transformation in Buryatia /

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The Socialist Way of Life in Siberia presents the dramatic late twentieth century transformation in the everyday lives of the Buryats, a Mongolian people who live in Siberian Russia. The book challenges the common perception that the process of modernization during the later Soviet period created na...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chakars, Melissa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Budapest : Central European University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Buriats > Politics and government.
Buriats > Social conditions.
Buriats > Social life and customs.
Socialism > Social aspects > Russia (Federation) > Buri͡atii͡a.
Social change > Russia (Federation) > Buri͡atii͡a.
Social change > Russia (Federation) > Siberia.
Bouriates > Conditions sociales.
Bouriates > Mœurs et coutumes.
HISTORY > Europe > Former Soviet Republics.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Buriats > Social life and customs
Ethnic relations
Social change
Social conditions
Buri͡atii͡a (Russia) > Social conditions.
Siberia (Russia) > Social conditions.
Siberia (Russia) > Ethnic relations.
Bouriatie (Russie) > Conditions sociales.
Sibérie (Russie) > Conditions sociales.
Sibérie (Russie) > Relations interethniques.
Russia (Federation) > Buri͡atii͡a
Russia (Federation) > Siberia
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Table of Contents:
  • Modernization and Soviet success
  • Institutions and the culture of progress
  • Buryat exceptionalism and advancement
  • Outline of chapters
  • The Buryats of Siberia : from imperial Russia to the Soviet state
  • Stalinism in Buryatia
  • The new Buryats
  • Education for change
  • Buryat literature for a new society
  • A means to modernity : newspapers, radio, and television
  • Reform, but what kind?

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