Glasnost' in Action (Routledge Revivals): Cultural Renaissance in Russia

by Alec Nove

Overview

This book is a comprehensive portrait of a society in transition as Professor Alec Nove reflects on the changes taking place in the USSR. It represents an attempt to give to the nonspecialist reader some notion of what has happened in the Soviet cultural scene.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415683548
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/30/2012
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: What Was 2. Stalin and Stalinism 3. The Rehabilitation of History—Or the History of Rehabilitation 4. The Terror 5. Religion, Nationalism, Morality 6. Literature and the Media 7. Politics, Sociology, and Law 8. Economic Problems and Issues 9. Conclusion: Now What?

Editorial Reviews

'Glasnost' in Action is Alec Nove at his finest, both highly readable and subtle. Laypeople, students, and specialists will all enjoy and learn from this tour through contemporary Soviet exposes and debates.' - George Breslauer, University of Berkeley, California

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