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.
The Soviet Way of Life: An Examination
1st Edition
By Maurice Lovell
November 26, 2024
The Soviet Way of Life (1948) is an objective description of the Soviet Russian political and economic systems. The author, who spent two years in Russia, explains how the citizen lives and moves within the structure of the Soviet State. The Soviet way of life, he points out, is basically a Russian...
Theatre as a Weapon: Workers' Theatre in the Soviet Union, Germany and Britain, 1917–1934
1st Edition
By Richard Stourac, Kathleen McCreery
November 26, 2024
Based on theatrical research of unusual depth and enterprise, Theatre as a Weapon (1986) shows how the workers’ theatre of the 1920s and 1930s transformed the social function of theatre. Drawing largely on unpublished sources, it provides lively case studies of workers’ theatre in the USSR, Germany...
Woman in Soviet Russia
1st Edition
By Fannina W. Halle
November 26, 2024
Women in Soviet Russia (1933) was the first attempt to provide a comprehensive account of the position of women in the Soviet Union. It looks at the history of women’s achievements following the 1917 revolution, and of the efforts made by the Communists to establish sex equality between man and ...
Young Soviet Film Makers
1st Edition
By Jeanne Vronskaya
November 26, 2024
Based on theatrical research of unusual depth and enterprise, Theatre as a Weapon (1986) shows how the workers’ theatre of the 1920s and 1930s transformed the social function of theatre. Drawing largely on unpublished sources, it provides lively case studies of workers’ theatre in the USSR, Germany...