In 1917, less than a third of the Russian public was literate. In the 15 years after the Revolution, the Soviet State set about the task of creating a mass reading public. This work explores the socio
The enormously complex changes triggered by the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe were nowhere more ambiguous than in the heartland of the Soviet bloc, Russia itself. Here the population was div
The story of radio begins alongside that of the Soviet state: Russia's first long-range transmission of the human voice occurred in 1919, during the civil war. Sound broadcasting was a medium of excep
The Soviet Union at its height occupied one sixth of the world's land mass, encompassed fifteen republics, and stretched across eleven different time zones. More than twice the size of the United Sta
The enormously complex changes triggered by the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe were nowhere more ambiguous than in the heartland of the Soviet bloc, Russia itself. Here the population was div
A fascinating work rich in detail, Summerfolk explores the ways in which Russia's turbulent past has shaped the function of the dacha and attitudes toward it.
Lovell (European history, King's College London) presents an illustrated social and cultural history of Russian summer or vacation houses, from the time of the czars to the post-Soviet era. He notes t
Drawn from such journals as Criminology , Justice Quarterly , and the Journal of Criminal Justice , these 18 research studies are provided to introduce undergraduate criminal justice students to th
In 1639, Barnstable was established by the Plymouth Plantation Colony as the third town on Cape Cod. Over time, Barnstable was divided into six distinct villages: Centerville, Cotuit, Hyannis, Marston
