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Author:

I︠A︡rov, Sergeĭ Viktorovich, author.

Title:

Leningrad, 1941-42 : morality in a city under siege / Sergey Yarov.

Edition:

English edition.

Publisher:

Polity,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xiii, 409 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Saint Petersburg (Russia)--History--Siege, 1941-1944.
Saint Petersburg (Russia)--History--Siege, 1941-1944--Personal narratives.
Blockade--History--Saint Petersburg--Saint Petersburg--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Moral and ethical aspects--Saint Petersburg.--Saint Petersburg.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Saint Petersburg.--Saint Petersburg.
Saint Petersburg (Russia)--Social conditions--20th century.
Saint Petersburg (Russia)--History--History--20th century.

Other Titles:

Blokadnai︠a︡ ėtika. English

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-392) and index.

Contents:

Foreword / by John Barber -- Part I. Concepts of morality in 1941-2 -- The tragedy of Leningrad -- Moral commandments -- The shifting boundaries of ethics -- The influence of moral standards on people's behaviour -- Part II. The ethical dimension -- The family : compassion, consolation, love -- Ethics within the family : continuity and disintegration -- Party and government -- Strangers -- Part III. Means of reinforcing morality -- Concepts of civilization -- Self-control.

ISBN:

1509508007 (paperback)
9781509508006 (paperback)
1509507981 (hardback)
9781509507986 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)960106310

LCCN:

2016043509

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)