| Women, the State and Revolution: Soviet Family Policy and Social Life, 1917-1936 Contributor(s): Goldman, Wendy Z. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521374049 ISBN-13: 9780521374040 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $81.69 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 346.470 |
| LCCN: 92047481 |
| Series: Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6" W x 9" (1.56 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When the Bolsheviks came to power in 1917, they believed that under socialism the family would wither-away. They envisioned a society in which communal dining halls, daycare centers, and public laundries would replace the unpaid labor of women in the home. Yet by 1936 legislation designed to liberate women from their legal and economic dependence had given way to increasingly conservative solutions aimed at strengthening traditional family ties and women's reproductive role. This book explains the reversal, focusing on how women, peasants, and orphans responded to Bolshevik attempts to remake the family, and how their opinions and experiences in turn were used by the state to meet its own needs. |