Behind the Urals : An American Worker in Russias City of Steel

English

ISBN: 0253205360

EAN: 9780253205360

Category: Social Science / General/Technology & Engineering / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades/

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Release Date: 08/31/1989

Synopsis: Students reading Scott have come away with a real appreciation of the hardships under which these workers built Magnitogorsk and of the nearly incredible enthusiasm with which many of them worked. -- Ronald Grigor SunyA genuine grassroots account of Soviet life -- a type of book of which there have been far too few. -- William Henry Chamberlin, New York Times, 1943... a rich portrait of daily life under Stalin. -- New York Times Book ReviewGeneral readers, students, and specialists alike will find much of relevance for understanding todays Soviet Union in this new edition of John Scotts vivid exploration of daily life in the formative days of Stalinism.

Behind the Urals : An American Worker in Russias City of Steel

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.02 inches

Width: 5.5 inches

Length: 8.25 inches

Weight: 15.24 oz

Pages: 334