Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Society
About the Book Series
Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Society gathers together 27 previously out-of-print titles from our classic backlist to form an important reference collection on the many aspects of society in the Soviet Union. The power of the state infiltrated all aspects of life under Soviet authority, and these books collected here examine schools and education, family life and marriage, social inequality and mobility, race relations, healthcare, the legal system, the arts and literature, religion, gender and other topics besides.
Science Policy in the Soviet Union
1st Edition
By Stephen Fortescue
November 26, 2024
Science Policy in the Soviet Union (1990) examines the major institutional and behavioural aspects influencing scientific research in the USSR. The book adopts the widespread view that Soviet science performs well below capacity and then looks at the institutions and management in the light of this...
Soviet Composers and the Development of Soviet Music
1st Edition
By Stanley Dale Krebs
November 26, 2024
Soviet Composers and the Development of Soviet Music (1970) is a thought-provoking review of Soviet music and musicians. This scholarly and readable distillation of factual information and well-reasoned conclusions is the result of many years of exhaustive study of reference works, monographs and ...
Soviet Literature in the Sixties
1st Edition
Edited
By Max Hayward, Edward L. Crowley
November 26, 2024
Soviet Literature in the Sixties (1965) examines the Soviet literary scene and its changes following the death of Stalin. Not least among these changes was the increasing freedom given to writers to protest against the injustices of Soviet life and to question the consistency of socialist realism....
Soviet Russia Fights Crime
1st Edition
By Lenka von Koerber
November 26, 2024
Soviet Russia Fights Crime (1934) examines the workings of the Soviet penal system in the pre-war years of the Soviet Union. It is a valuable insight into prison life in Soviet Russia, in both prisons and prison colonies, with the author being allowed remarkably free access to certain institutions....
Soviet Russia Fights Neurosis
1st Edition
By Frankwood E. Williams
November 26, 2024
Soviet Russia Fights Neurosis (1934) examines the states of mental well-being in the Soviet Union at the start of the 1930s. The author, a physician, visited Soviet Russia and saw the difference in the philosophy of life between the Communist State and the democracies of the West and took this as ...
Soviet Science
1st Edition
By J.G. Crowther
November 26, 2024
Soviet Science (1936) gives information about the sort and conditions of research in Soviet scientific institutes in the 1930s. It looks at all the main research centres, across the discipliners of physics, chemistry, biology and the applied sciences....
The Development of Sociology in the Soviet Union
1st Edition
By Elizabeth Ann Weinberg
November 26, 2024
The Development of Sociology in the Soviet Union (1974) examines the institutionalisation of sociology in the Soviet Union. Of primary concern are the obstacles to and mechanisms for the acceptance of sociological inquiry. The study shows how sociology was advanced as a legitimate discipline in the...
The End of Social Inequality?: Class, Status and Power under State Socialism
1st Edition
By David Lane
November 26, 2024
The End of Social Inequality (1982) examines class and social stratification under state socialism and in particular in the Soviet Union. Its discussion ranges over such aspects as income and education differentials, the rise of white-collar occupations, the position of women and ethnic groups, and...
The Making of the Soviet Citizen: Character Formation and Civic Training in Soviet Education
1st Edition
Edited
By George Avis
November 26, 2024
The Making of the Soviet Citizen (1987) examines the distinctive feature of Soviet education – the crucial importance it gives to the formation of a new type of person, the model socialist citizen. Success in this endeavour is regarded as essential for the creation of the material and spiritual ...
The Red Pencil: Artists, Scholars, and Censors in the USSR
1st Edition
By Marianna Tax Choldin, Maurice Friedberg
November 26, 2024
The Red Pencil (1989) examines the many ways in which Soviet censorship interfered in the creative process – in the words of those who experienced it first hand. It helps to identify the ways in which Soviet artistic and intellectual production was shaped by the practices of Soviet censorship. The ...
The Russian Orthodox Church: A Contemporary History
1st Edition
By Jane Ellis
November 26, 2024
The Russian Orthodox Church (1986) concentrates on the recent history of the church, examining the situation of Russian Orthodox believers in the Soviet Union. It demonstrates that freedom of religion did not exist in the Soviet Union, although the church remained a vigorous and potent force in ...
The Soviet Intelligentsia: An Essay on the Social Structure and Roles of Soviet Intellectuals in the 1960s
1st Edition
By L.G. Churchward
November 26, 2024
The Soviet Intelligentsia (1973) is a valuable study of the composition and structure of the Soviet intelligentsia during the 1960s. It focuses in particular on the position of social scientists and the relationship between the intelligentsia and the Communist party. The book contains much original...