{"product_id":"9781474240222","title":"Modern History of Russian Childhood From the Late Imperial Period to the Collapse of the Soviet Union","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBloomsbury History of Modern Russia Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eModern History of Russian Childhood\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFrom the Late Imperial Period to the Collapse of the Soviet Union\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eElizabeth White | Michael S. Melancon | Ian D. Thatcher | Jonathan Smele\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Russia \u0026amp; the Former Soviet Union\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Modern History of Russian Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e examines the changes and continuities in ideas about Russian childhood from the 18th to the 21st century. It looks at how children were thought about and treated in Russian and Soviet culture, as well as how the radical social, political and economic changes across the period affected children. It explains how and why childhood became a key concept both in Late Imperial Russia and in the Soviet Union and looks at similarities and differences to models of childhood elsewhere. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing mainly on children in families, telling us much about Russian and Soviet family life in the process, Elizabeth White combines theoretical ideas about childhood with examples of real, lived experiences of children to provide a comprehensive overview of the subject. The book also offers a comprehensive synthesis of a wide range of secondary sources in English and Russian whilst utilizing various textual primary sources as part of the discussion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is key reading for anyone wanting to understand the social and cultural history of Russia as well as the history of childhood in the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eElizabeth White\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of the West of England, UK. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Socialist Alternative to Bolshevik Russia: The Socialist Revolutionary Party, 1921-39\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Distanglement of Populations. Migration, Expulsion and Displacement in Postwar Europe, 1944-49\u003c\/i\u003e (2012).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 February 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781474240222\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.44\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332537024652,"sku":"9781474240222","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_c7fdfb74-d400-4712-a940-31dd50e7072c.jpg?v=1783603931","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781474240222","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}