Magnetic mountain : Stalinism as a civilization /
This study is the first of its kind: a street-level inside account of what Stalinism meant to the masses of ordinary people who lived it. Stephen Kotkin was the first American in 45 years to be allowed into Magnitogorsk, a city built in response to Stalin's decision to transform the predominant...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley, Calif. :
University of California Press
1997.
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| Edition: | [Pbk. ed., 1997]. |
| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pnksf |
| Summary: | This study is the first of its kind: a street-level inside account of what Stalinism meant to the masses of ordinary people who lived it. Stephen Kotkin was the first American in 45 years to be allowed into Magnitogorsk, a city built in response to Stalin's decision to transform the predominantly agricultural nation into a "country of metal." With unique access to previously untapped archives and interviews, Kotkin forges a vivid and compelling account of the impact of industrialization on a single urban community. Kotkin argues that Stalinism offered itself as an opportunity for enlightenment |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxv, 639 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-608) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520918856 0520918851 0585363560 9780585363561 0520069080 0520208234 |