Family Politics: Domestic Life, Devastation and Survival, 1900-1950

An exploration of the convulsive history of the 20th century’s first five decades, seen through the lens of families and family life

In this masterly twentieth-century history, Paul Ginsborg places the family at center stage, a novel perspective from which to examine key moments of revolution and dictatorship. His groundbreaking book spans 1900 to 1950 and encompasses five nation states in the throes of dramatic transition: Russia in revolutionary passage from Empire to Soviet Union; Turkey...