The Stalin Era (Routledge Sources in History) - Hardcover

Boobbyer, Philip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415182972 ISBN 13: 9780415182973

Publisher: Routledge, 2000

Synopsis

This book provides a wide-ranging history of every aspect of Stalin's dictatorship over the peoples of the Soviet Union. Drawing upon a huge array of primary and secondary sources, The Stalin Era is a first-hand account of Stalinist thought, policy and and their effects. It places the man and his ideology into context both within pre-Revolutionary Russia, Lenin's Soviet Union and post-Stalinist Russia. The Stalin Era examines:
* collectivisation
* industrialisation
* terror
* government
* the Cult of Stalin
* education and Science
* family
* religion: The Russian Orthodox Church
* art and the state.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

How did the wider Soviet population come to participate in Stalin's terror?

The Stalin Era provides a wide-ranging history of Stalin's dictator-ship in the Soviet Union. Drawing upon a great range of primary sources, this book is an account of Stalinist thought and policy, and their effects. It also puts the Stalin regime into the context both of Lenin's period of rule and of the longer-term continuities of Russian history.

Topics covered include:
-- the rise of Stalin
-- collectivisation
-- industrialisation
-- terror
-- government
-- the cult of Stalin
-- the Second World War
-- education and science
-- the family
-- the Russian Orthodox Church
-- art and the state

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0415182972
• ISBN 13: 9780415182973
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 270