Late Stalinist Russia: Society Between Reconstruction And Rei

Description:
The late Stalinist period, long neglected by researchers more interested in the high-profile events of the 1930s, has recently become the focus of much new research by people keen to understand the enormous impact of the war on Soviet society and to understand Soviet life under 'mature socialism'. Written by top scholars from high profile universities, this impressive work brings together much new, cutting edge research on a wide range of aspects of late Stalinist society. Filling a gap in the literature, it focuses above all on the experience of the Soviet people and their interaction with ideology, state policy and national and international politics.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements Introduction: 'Juliane Furst', Late Stalinist Society: History, Policies and People Part 1: When the War was Over Chapter 1: 'Mie Nakachi', Population, Politics and Reproduction: Late Stalinism and Its Legacy Chapter 2: 'Beate Fieseler', The Bitter Legacy of the 'Great Patriotic War': Red Army Disabled Soldiers under Late Stalinism Chapter 3: 'Timothy Johnston', Subversive Tales? War Rumours in the Soviet Union 1945-47 Part 2: Barracks, Queues and Private Plots: Post-War Urban and Rural Landscapes Chapter 4: 'Donald Filtzer', Standard of Living versus Quality of Life: Struggling with the Urban Environment in Russia During the Early Years of Post-War Reconstruction Chapter 5: 'Jean Levesque', 'Into the Grey Zone': Sham Peasants and the Limits of the Kolkhoz Order in the Post-War Russian Village, 1945-1953 Part 3: The Corrupted State: War and the Rise of the Second Economy Chapter 6: 'James Heinzen', A 'Campaign Spasm': Graft and the Limits of the 'Campaign' against Bribery after the Great Patriotic War Chapter 7: 'Cynthia Hooper', A Darker 'Big Deal': Concealing Party Crimes in the Post-WWII Era Part 4: New Generations: Identity between the Yesterday of War and the Possibilities of Tomorrow Chapter 8: 'Mark Edele', More than Just Stalinists: The Political Sentiments of Victors 1945-1953 Chapter 9: 'Ann Livschiz', Children's Lives After Zoia's Death: Order, Emotions and Heroism in Children's Lives and Literature in the Post-War Soviet Union Chapter 10: 'Juliane Furst', The Importance of Being Stylish: Youth, Culture and Identity in Late Stalinism Part 5: Post-War Spaces: Reconstructing a New World Chapter 11: 'Rebecca Manley', 'Where should we resettle the comrades next?'The adjudication of housing claims and the construction of the Post-War Order Chapter 12: 'Monica Ruethers', The Moscow Gorky Street in late Stalinism: Space, History and Lebenswelten Conclusion: 'Sheila Fitzpatrick', Late Stalinism in Historical Perspective

Author Biography:
St.Johns College, Oxford University, UK