Soviet baby boomers: an oral history of Russia's cold war generation

Soviet Baby Boomers traces the collapse of the Soviet Union and the transformation of Russia into a modern, highly literate, urban society through the life stories of the country's first post-World War II, Cold War generation. Illuminating a critical generation of people who had remained largely faceless up until now, the book reveals what it meant to "live Soviet" during the twilightof the Soviet empire. Donald Raleigh's Soviet Baby Boomers traces the collapse of the Soviet Union and the transformation of Russia into a modern, highly literate, urban society through the fascinating life stories of the country's first post-World War II, Cold War generation. INDICE: Introduction Chapter 1: The Real Nuclear Threat: Soviet Families in Transition Chapter 2: Overtaking America in School: Educating the Builders of Communism Chapter 3: "Unconscious Agents of Change": Soviet Childhood Creates the Cynical Generation Chapter 4: The Baby Boomers Come of Age Chapter 5: Living Soviet during the Brezhnev-Era Stagnation Chapter 6: "But then everythingfell apart": Gorbachev Remakes the Soviet Dream Chapter 7: Surviving Russia's Great Depression Conclusion: "It's they who have always held Russia together" Notes Appendix Bibliography

• ISBN: 978-0-19-974434-3
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 432
• Fecha Publicación: 12/01/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés