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Author:

Dobson, Miriam.

Title:

Khrushchev's cold summer : Gulag returnees, crime, and the fate of reform after Stalin / Miriam Dobson.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

viii, 264 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1953-1985.
Political prisoners--History.--Soviet Union--History.
Ex-convicts--Soviet Union--History.
Crime--History.--Soviet Union--History.
Political culture--Soviet Union--History.
Soviet Union--Social conditions--1945-1991.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-255) and index.

Contents:

1953 : "the most painful year" -- Prisoners and the art of petitioning, 1953-1956 -- Heroes, enemies, and the secret speech -- Returnees, crime, and the gulag subculture -- The redemptive mission -- A return to weeding -- 1961 : clearing a path to the future -- Literary hooligans and parasites.

ISBN:

9781670167002
1670167003
0801447577 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801447570 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)272304900

LCCN:

2008047451

Locations:

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

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)