{"product_id":"9781474285520","title":"Life in Stalin's Soviet Union","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLife in Stalin's Soviet Union\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCornelis N. Boterbloem\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\u003eLife in Stalin's Soviet Union \u003c\/i\u003eis a collaborative work in which some of the leading scholars in the field shed light on various aspects of daily life for Soviet citizens. Split into three parts which focus on 'Food, Health and Leisure', the 'Lived Experience' and 'Religion and Ideology', the book is comprised of chapters covering a range of important subjects, including:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Food\u003cbr\u003e* Health and Housing\u003cbr\u003e* Sex and Gender\u003cbr\u003e* Education\u003cbr\u003e* Religion (Christianity, Islam and Judaism)\u003cbr\u003e* Sport and Leisure\u003cbr\u003e* Festivals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is detailed analysis of urban and rural life, as well as explorations of life in the gulag, life as a peasant, life in the military and what it was like to be disabled in Stalin's Russia. The book also engages with the wider Soviet Union wherever possible to ensure the most in-depth discussion of life, in all its minutiae, under Stalin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a vitally important book for any student of Stalin's Russia keen to know more about the human history of this complex period of dictatorship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKees Boterbloem \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of History at the University of South Florida, USA. He is the author of nine books on Russian, Soviet and World History, including \u003ci\u003eA History of Russia and Its Empire \u003c\/i\u003e(2nd edition, 2018), \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Times of Andrei Zhdanov, 1896-1948 \u003c\/i\u003e(2004) and \u003ci\u003eLife and Death under Stalin\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). He was, from 2008 to 2018, editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eThe Historian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05 September 2019\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\u003e9781474285520\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e264\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.12\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223562322060,"sku":"9781474285520","price":34.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_e22ce54d-a3e8-4eee-9629-76ef077fa299.jpg?v=1783077102","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781474285520","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}