The Best Sons of the Fatherland - Workers in the Vanguard of Soviet Collectivization (Paperback, New ed)

In this ground-breaking study Lynne Viola--the first Western scholar to gain access to the Soviet state archives on collectivization--brilliantly examines a lost chapter in the history of the Stalin revolution. Looking in detail at the backgrounds, motivations, and mentalities of the 25,000ers, Viola embarks on the first Western investigation of the everyday activities of Stalin's rank-and-file shock troops, the "leading cadres" of socialist construction. In the process, Viola sheds new light on how the state mobilized working-class support for collectivization and reveals that, contrary to popular belief, the 25,000ers went into the countryside as willing recruits. This unique social history uses an "on the scene" line of vision to offer a new understanding of the workings, times, and cadres of Stalin's revolution.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 1989
First published:	1989
Authors:	Lynne Viola (Assistant Professor of History)
Dimensions:	208 x 137 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	296
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-504262-7
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-19-504262-X
Barcode:	9780195042627

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