The Gulag at War: Stalin's Forced Labour System in the Light of the Archives Contributor(s): Bacon, Edwin (Author) |
|
ISBN: 0814712436 ISBN-13: 9780814712436 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $88.11 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1994 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - History | Modern - 20th Century |
Dewey: 940.547 |
LCCN: 94029449 |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (0.97 lbs) 192 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Russia |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Throughout the Stalin era and after, the Gulag system of forced labor blighted the Soviet Union. Millions were incarcerated in its camps, some to be eventually released, many to die imprisoned and faceless. For decades, histories of the camp system have relied on the experiences of those who suffered within them for their main source of information. Though these accounts have been supplemented with officially sanctioned Soviet publications, the details of the forced labor system have for decades remained hidden by state secrecy. But with the collapse of the Soviet empire, the archives of the Gulag are now opening. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bacon, Edwin: - Edwin Bacon previously held a Research Fellowship in the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick. He has published articles in several countries on Soviet economic history and contemporary Russian military affairs. |