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Author:

Barnes, Steven Anthony.

Title:

Death and redemption : the Gulag and the shaping of Soviet society / Steven A. Barnes.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

x, 352 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Glavnoe upravlenie ispravitel'no-trudovykh lagereĭ OGPU--History.
GULag NKVD--History.
Concentration camps--Soviet Union--History.
Concentration camps--History.--Soviet Union--History.
Prisons--Soviet Union--History.
Prisons--History.--Soviet Union--History.
Political prisoners--Soviet Union--Social conditions.
Prisoners--Soviet Union--Social conditions.
Forced labor--History.--Soviet Union--History.
Soviet Union--Social conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The origins, functions, and institutions of the Gulag -- Reclaiming the margins and the marginal : Gulag practices in Karaganda, 1930s -- Categorizing prisoners : the identities of the Gulag -- Armageddon and the Gulag, 1939-1945 -- A new circle of hell : the postwar Gulag and the rise of the special camps -- The crash of the Gulag : releases and uprisings in the post-Stalin era.

ISBN:

0691151121 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780691151120 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0691151083 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
9780691151083 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)687685337

LCCN:

2010047824

Locations:

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

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)