Provincial Landscapes: Local Dimensions of Soviet Power, 1917-1953

by Donald J. Raleigh

Book Overview

The closed nature of the Soviet Union, combined with the West s intellectual paradigm of Communist totalitarianism prior to the 1970s, have led to a one-dimensional view of Soviet history, both in Russia and the West. The opening of former Soviet archives allows historians to explore a broad array of critical issues at the local level. Provincial Landscapes is the first publication to begin filling this enormous gap in scholarship on the Soviet Union,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082296158X
• ISBN13: 9780822961581
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 407 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"