| And Now My Heart is Hardened: Abandoned Children in Soviet Russia, 1918-1930 Contributor(s): Ball, Alan M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520206940 ISBN-13: 9780520206946 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $30.64 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 1996 Annotation: Warfare, epidemics, and famine left millions of Soviet children homeless during the 1920s. Many became beggars, prostitutes, and thieves, and were denizens of both secluded underworld haunts and bustling train stations. Alan Ball's study of these abandoned children examines their lives and the strategies the government used to remove them from the streets lest they threaten plans to mold a new socialist generation. The "rehabilitation" of these youths and the results years later are an important lesson in Soviet history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - Social Science | Children's Studies - History | Eastern Europe - General |
| Dewey: 362.769 |
| LCCN: 92046236 |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6" W x 8.95" (1.40 lbs) 356 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 1920's - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - Russia |