ISBN:
9780203362020
,
9781135046279
,
9781135046255
,
9781135046262
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xviii, 259 pages)
Series Statement:
BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies 90
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.3094709047
Keywords:
Consumers History
;
Consumption (Economics)
;
Consumption (Economics) Political aspects
;
Cost and standard of living
;
Soviet Union Economic conditions 1965-1975
;
Soviet Union Economic conditions 1975-1985
Abstract:
1. Between failure and success : the economics and politics of consumption under Brezhnev -- 2. Redefining the norms of socialist consumption -- 3. Shopping as a way of life : the experiences and values of Soviet consumers -- 4. Structures of consumption : class and generation -- 5. From "modest" to "modish" : new attitudes to clothes and fashion -- 6. Closing the door on socialism : furniture and the domestic interior -- 7. Household technology in the Brezhnev-era home.
DOI:
10.4324/9780203362020
