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Author:
Graham, Loren R.
Title:
Moscow stories / Loren R. Graham.
Publisher:
Indiana University Press,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
p. cm.
Subject:
Graham, Loren R.--Travel--Soviet Union.
Graham, Loren R.--Travel--Russia (Federation)
Science--Social aspects--Soviet Union.
Science--Social aspects--Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union--Intellectual life.
Soviet Union--Social conditions--1945-1991.
Russia (Federation)--Intellectual life--1991-
Russia (Federation)--Social conditions--1991-
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Learning to learn about Russia and Communism -- The communism problem in Farmersburg -- Technological competition and the Cold War -- Student days at Moscow University -- No singing allowed at Moscow University -- Lennie in the workers' paradise -- Rural Russia and the forbidden fish -- An American sit-in and a Russian riot -- The fate of my closest Russian friend -- The vodka caper -- Research in the USSR -- The meaning of science in Russia -- The American colony in the Soviet Union -- The biggest fraud in biology -- Peter Kapitsa, a man of many parts -- I break into the ambassador's house -- The bravery of Bukharin's widow -- Filming refuseniks and dissidents in Moscow -- Intelligence, the Cold War, and security concerns -- The scholar who disappeared -- Being followed -- Spies and scholars -- From the USSR to post-communist Russia -- A man of fervor -- The Soviet Union and I collapse together -- An ambiguous funeral -- George Soros tries to save Russian science and culture -- Death of an old American communist.
ISBN:
9780253347169 (cloth : alk. paper)
0253347165 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)61211369
LCCN:
2005022442
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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