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.
Theatre as a Weapon: Workers' Theatre in the Soviet Union, Germany and Britain, 1917–1934
1st Edition
By Richard Stourac, Kathleen McCreery
January 19, 2026
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 Drawing largely on unpublished sources, it provides lively case studies of workers’ theatre in the USSR, Germany...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
January 19, 2026
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
January 19, 2026
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 Drawing largely on unpublished sources, it provides lively case studies of workers’ theatre in the USSR, Germany...
Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Society
1st Edition
By Various Authors
November 26, 2024
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 ...