ISBN:
9780195324860
,
0195324862
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 459 S.
,
Ill.
,
25 cm
DDC:
947.084072
Keywords:
Cold War Study and teaching (Higher)
;
Sovietologists History 20th century
;
Scholars History 20th century
;
Social scientists History 20th century
;
Political scientists History 20th century
;
Intellectuals History 20th century
;
USA
;
Außenpolitik
;
Politikberatung
;
Intellektuelle
;
Politische Idee
;
Ideengeschichte
;
Politik
;
Kalter Krieg
;
Ost-West-Konflikt
;
Sowjetunion
;
Nachkriegszeit
;
Verhältnis, Staaten
;
Soviet Union Research 20th century
;
History
;
Soviet Union Study and teaching (Higher)
;
United States Intellectual life 20th century
;
Cold War
;
Study and teaching (Higher)
;
United States
;
Sovietologists
;
United States
;
History
;
20th century
;
Scholars
;
United States
;
History
;
20th century
;
Social scientists
;
United States
;
History
;
20th century
;
Political scientists
;
United States
;
History
;
20th century
;
Intellectuals
;
United States
;
History
;
20th century
;
Soviet Union
;
Study and teaching (Higher)
;
United States
;
Soviet Union
;
Research
;
United States
;
History
;
20th century
;
United States
;
Intellectual life
;
20th century
;
USA
;
Außenpolitik
;
Politikberatung
;
Sowjetunion
;
Geschichte 1945-1991
Abstract:
Introduction: Knowing the Cold War enemy -- pt. 1. A field in formation -- The wartime roots of Russian studies training -- Social science serves the state in war and Cold War -- Institution-building on a national scale -- pt. 2. Growth and dispersion -- The Soviet economy and the measuring-rod of money -- The lost opportunities of Slavic literary studies -- Russian history as past politics -- The Soviet Union as a modern society -- Soviet politics and the dynamics of totalitarianism -- pt. 3. Crisis, conflict, and collapse -- The dual crises of Russian studies -- Right turn into halls of power -- Left turn in the ivory tower -- Perestroika and the collapse of Soviet studies -- Epilogue: Soviet studies after the Soviet Union
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Knowing the Cold War enemy -- pt. 1. A field in formation -- The wartime roots of Russian studies training -- Social science serves the state in war and Cold War -- Institution-building on a national scale -- pt. 2. Growth and dispersion -- The Soviet economy and the measuring-rod of money -- The lost opportunities of Slavic literary studies -- Russian history as past politics -- The Soviet Union as a modern society -- Soviet politics and the dynamics of totalitarianism -- pt. 3. Crisis, conflict, and collapse -- The dual crises of Russian studies -- Right turn into halls of power -- Left turn in the ivory tower -- Perestroika and the collapse of Soviet studies -- Epilogue: Soviet studies after the Soviet Union.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=31295
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