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Echoes of a Native Land: Two Centuries of a Russian Village by: Schmemann, Serge

Echoes of a Native Land: Two Centuries of a Russian Village by: Schmemann, Serge

Hardcover. New York, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 350 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. B&w photographs throughout. Illustrated chapter headings. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 469284
Price: $12.00 

Echoes of a Native Land: Two Centuries of a Russian Village by: Schmemann, Serge

Echoes of a Native Land: Two Centuries of a Russian Village by: Schmemann, Serge

Hardcover. New York, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 350 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. B&w photographs throughout. Illustrated chapter headings. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 469276
Price: $12.00 

Economic Development of the U.S.S.R., The  by: Munting, Roger

Economic Development of the U.S.S.R., The by: Munting, Roger

Softcover. Palgrave Macmillan, Reprint, 1984, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 228 pages. Light wear to covers, slight sunning to spine. Nice, clean copy. Record # 453346
Price: $12.00 

Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s by: Fitzpatrick, Sheila

Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s by: Fitzpatrick, Sheila

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 288 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is bumped at the spine, but still in good condition. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This is a pioneering account of everyday life under Stalin, written by a leading authority on modern Russian history. Focusing on the urban population, Fitzpatrick depicts a world of privation, overcrowding, endless lines, and broken homes, in which the regime's promises of future socialist abundance rang hollowly. Light underlining in pencil is present on some pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33930
Price: $18.00 

Food In Russian History And Culture (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies) by: Editor: Glants, MusyaEditor: Toomre, Joyce

Food In Russian History And Culture (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies) by: Editor: Glants, Musya Editor: Toomre, Joyce

Softcover. Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN, Indiana University Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 250 pages, soft cover. Covers and interior pages are both clean and bright. Binding is solid. B&W illustrations throughout. This essay collection reveals surprising insights into how food shaped Russia's history and culture from Kievan times to the present. Some of the chapters focus on historical topics while others consider images of food in literature and art. Clean copy. Record # 33922
Price: $18.00 

Glasnost Papers, The: Voices On Reform From Moscow by: Melville, Andrei

Glasnost Papers, The: Voices On Reform From Moscow by: Melville, Andrei

Softcover. Boulder, Westview Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 359 pages. Page 215 dog-eared, else a very nice, tight copy. Record # 453300
Price: $12.00 

Hammer and Tickle: The Story of Communism, A Political System Almost Laughed Out Of Existence by: Lewis, Ben

Hammer and Tickle: The Story of Communism, A Political System Almost Laughed Out Of Existence by: Lewis, Ben

Hardcover. NY, Pegasus Books, 1st thus, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 354 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Communist jokes are the strangest, funniest, most enchanting and meaningful legacy of the eighty years of communism in Russia and Eastern Europe. The valiant and sardonic citizens of the former Communist countries-surrounded by secret police, threatened with arrest, imprisonment and forced labor, a failed economic system, and bombarded with ludicrous propaganda-turned joke-telling into an art form, using them as a coded way of speaking the truth and coping with the absurdity of the system. In this poignant and historically revealing book, rare and previously unpublished archive material, including cartoons, caricatures, photographs, and oral transcripts take the reader on a unique journey through the real experience of the Communist era. 25+ B&W illustrations throughout. Clean copy. Record # 33934
Price: $15.00 

Hunters of the Stormy Sea: The Violent History of the Sea Otter Hunters of Alaska by: McCracken, Harold

Hunters of the Stormy Sea: The Violent History of the Sea Otter Hunters of Alaska by: McCracken, Harold

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1st, 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 312 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in poor condition with multiple open tears. Cloth covers underneath are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Top edge of the pages colored green. This book covers the story of the sea otter hunters, and the hundred-year rule of the Russians on the Northwest Coast of America. It is a saga of one of primitive man's most rigorous conquests of nature, combined with one of the most ruthless eras of human subjugation, cruelty, and rapine in frontier history. Title page is inscribed with a dedication by the previous owner, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33787
Price: $18.00 

I Shop in Moscow: Advertising and the Creation of Consumer Culture in Late Tsarist Russia by: West, Sally

I Shop in Moscow: Advertising and the Creation of Consumer Culture in Late Tsarist Russia by: West, Sally

Hardcover. DeKalb, IL, Northern Illinois University Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 292 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in very good condition. Covers are very lightly bumped at the top corner. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This groundbreaking book is the first to study the cultural history of advertising in imperial Russia. The emergence of Russian advertising and consumer culture played a formative role in unsettling traditional tsarist society by promoting the aspirations of self-fulfillment through consumption. West's original study will appeal to scholars and students of advertising and Russian history, as well as those working in gender studies, folklore, and cultural history. Previous owner underlined some text throughout. Record # 33969
Price: $40.00 

Intelligentsia and Revolution by: Burbank, Jane

Intelligentsia and Revolution by: Burbank, Jane

Softcover. Oxford, Oxford University Press , 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 340 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor shelf-wear to wrappers. Record # 458238
Price: $12.00 

JEWS IN RUSSIA by: Greenberg, Louis

JEWS IN RUSSIA by: Greenberg, Louis

Softcover. New York, Schocken, reprint, 1987, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes in one. 210+213 pages. Light wear, creasing and sun-fade to wrappers. Underlining in blue ink to a handful pages. Nice readingcopy. Record # 459457
Price: $12.00 

Khrushchev and the Development of Soviet Agriculture: The Virgin  Land Programme 1953-1964 by: McCauley, Martin

Khrushchev and the Development of Soviet Agriculture: The Virgin Land Programme 1953-1964 by: McCauley, Martin

Hardcover. New York, Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc., 1st, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 232 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has a repaired cut, bumped corners, and worn edges. Black cloth covers are in good condition with only minor wear to the corners and edges. Interior pages are clean and bright, with the top edge colored blue. Binding is solid. Contains B&W maps and tables throughout. Contains a laid-in review slip. In this study, McCauley has examined the economic and political record of the virgin lands from 1953-1964. The decision to expand eastward is put into the historical perspective of earlier excursions into the steppe. The impact of Khrushchev's venture on subsequent Soviet agricultural policy is explored. Previous owner underlined some text in brown pen on the last few pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34493
Price: $30.00 

Lenin's Private War: The Voyage of the Philosophy Steamer and the Exile of the Intelligentsia by: Chamberlain, Lesley

Lenin's Private War: The Voyage of the Philosophy Steamer and the Exile of the Intelligentsia by: Chamberlain, Lesley

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st thus, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 414 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains bind-in with B&W photography. This book details how, in 1922, Lenin personally drew up a list of some 160 'undesirable' intellectuals - mostly philosophers, academics, scientists, and journalists - to be deported from the new Soviet State. 'We're going to cleanse Russia once and for all' he wrote to Stalin, whose job it was to oversee the deportation. Two ships sailed from Petrograd that autumn, taking Old Russia's eminent men and their families away to what would become permanent exile in Berlin, Prague and Paris. Lesley Chamberlain creates a rich portrait of this chilling historical moment, evoked with immediacy through the journals, letters, and memoirs of the exiles. Clean copy. Record # 33984
Price: $12.00 

Lord and Peasant in Russia: From the Ninth to the Nineteenth Century by: Blum, Jerome
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Lord and Peasant in Russia: From the Ninth to the Nineteenth Century by: Blum, Jerome

Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 656 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition, with light shelf wear and bumping to the top edge. Tan cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is is a political, social, and economic history of Russia. It centers on the evolving relationships between landowners and peasants, and how that relationship impacted the politics and economic conditions inside Russia. Previous owner's signature is present on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34128
Price: $25.00 

Making Uzbekistan: Nation, Empire, and Revolution in the Early USSR by: Khalid, Adeeb
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Making Uzbekistan: Nation, Empire, and Revolution in the Early USSR by: Khalid, Adeeb

Hardcover. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 415 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition, with significant bumping to the top edge. Gray cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. In this book, Khalid chronicles the tumultuous history of Central Asia in the age of the Russian revolution. Traumatic upheavals--war, economic collapse, famine--transformed local society and brought new groups to positions of power and authority in Central Asia, just as the new revolutionary state began to create new institutions that redefined the nature of power in the region. Previous owner lightly marked a couple interior pages in pencil throughout, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34140
Price: $25.00 

Marshal Zhukov: The Man Who Beat Hitler by: Axell, Albert

Marshal Zhukov: The Man Who Beat Hitler by: Axell, Albert

Hardcover. London, Pearson Longman, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 255 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains maps and archival B&W photographs throughout. This book emphasizes Zhukov's leadership on the field, detailing such epic battles as Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk and Berlin. Nobody was more decorated than Zhukov. This book also explores Zhukov's volatile relationship with Stalin and discusses his achievements and various appointments throughout the war. So why did one of the greatest military commanders of the twentieth century end his life in obscurity? This book holds the answers. Clean copy. Record # 33982
Price: $12.00 

Molehunt: Searching for Soviet Spies in MI5 by: West, Nigel

Molehunt: Searching for Soviet Spies in MI5 by: West, Nigel

hardcover. New York, W. Morrow, 1st US, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 254 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white pictures. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 468950
Price: $12.00 

Moravia Magna: The Great Moravian Empire by: Dekan, Jan

Moravia Magna: The Great Moravian Empire by: Dekan, Jan

Minneapolis, MN, Control Data Arts, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 166 pages. Contains some color photography of artifacts. Dust jacket with small tear, light rubbing. Record # 508003
Price: $12.00 

Moscow Workers and the 1917 Revolution: Studies of the Russian Institite, Columbia University by: Koenker, Diane

Moscow Workers and the 1917 Revolution: Studies of the Russian Institite, Columbia University by: Koenker, Diane

Softcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st thus, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 420 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book examines the Russian working class during the Russian revolution, illustrating the importance of social history for an understanding of the diversities and complexities as well as the rationality of the revolution. Clean copy. Record # 33980
Price: $18.00 

Moscow, 1937 by: Schlogel, Karl Transl. Livingstone, Rodney

Moscow, 1937 by: Schlogel, Karl Transl. Livingstone, Rodney

Softcover. Malden MA, Polity, 5th Pr., 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 652 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Very minor brown stain present on the outside edge of some pages. B&W photography throughout. In this compelling book, renowned historian Karl Schlogel reconstructs with meticulous care the process through which, month by month, the terrorism of a state-of-emergency regime spiraled into the 'Great Terror,' during which 1.5 million human beings lost their lives in a single year. He consults numerous sources from the time, providing a masterful panorama of key events in Russian history. This rich and absorbing account of the Soviet purges will be essential reading for all students of Russia and for any readers interested in one of the most dramatic and disturbing events of modern history. Clean copy. Record # 33977
Price: $14.00 

Moscow: Treasures and Tradition by: Allenov Mikjail M. et al.

Moscow: Treasures and Tradition by: Allenov Mikjail M. et al.

Softcover. University of Washington Press/Smithsonian Institution , 1st , 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 281 pages. Introduction by W. Bruce Lincoln. Exhibition catalogue. Profusely illustrated with color plates. Red endpapers. Color pictorial wrappers. Light shelf wear, very good. Record # 512587
Price: $12.00 

Nikolai Bukharin: The Last Years by: Medvedev, Roy A.Transl. Briggs, A.D.P.

Nikolai Bukharin: The Last Years by: Medvedev, Roy A. Transl. Briggs, A.D.P.

Softcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Co., 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 176 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Light foxing to page edges. Binding is solid. This book is a biography of Nikolai Bukharin, one of the most eminent leaders and theoreticians of the Bolsheviks. He was idolized by the youth of Soviet Russia, who identified with him and drew much of their inspiration from his writings. Prominent among the organizers of the revolution, he served for twenty years on the Central Committee and for ten years as a member of the Politburo. Though he and Lenin often disagreed, Lenin referred to him in his Testament as "deservedly the favorite of the Party." Clean copy. Record # 33981
Price: $12.00 

Origin of the Communist Autocrasy - Political Opposition in the Soviet State: First Phase 1917-1922 by: Schapiro, Leonard

Origin of the Communist Autocrasy - Political Opposition in the Soviet State: First Phase 1917-1922 by: Schapiro, Leonard

Softcover. NY, Praeger, wraps, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Spine fade, covers with wear. Pages browned but clean. 396 pages Record # 55653
Price: $12.00 

Peasant Metropolis: Social Identities in Moscow, 1929-1941 by: Hoffman, David L.

Peasant Metropolis: Social Identities in Moscow, 1929-1941 by: Hoffman, David L.

Hardcover. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 282 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket shows some edge wear along the top and bottom, but is still in good condition. Orange cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography, maps, and tables are present throughout. This book is shows how the massive peasant migration to Russian cities-an influx unprecedented in world history-had major consequences for the nature of the Soviet system and the character of Russian society even today. Light pencil markings by previous owner are present throughout, and their name is inscribed on the last page of the bibliography. Record # 33974
Price: $18.00 


  
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