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Russian Reading Revolution 2000 Edition
Contributor(s): Lovell, S. (Author)
ISBN: 1349417882     ISBN-13: 9781349417889
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
OUR PRICE:   $161.49  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2000
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Books & Reading
- History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union
- Political Science | History & Theory - General
Dewey: 028.909
Series: Studies in Russian and East European History
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.58 lbs) 215 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Russia
 
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Publisher Description:
Of all of Soviet cultural myths, none was more resilient than the belief that the USSR had the world's greatest readers. This book explains how the 'Russian reading myth' took hold in the 1920s and 1930s, how it was supported by a monopolistic and homogenizing system of book production and distribution, and how it was challenged in the post-Stalin era; first, by the latent expansion and differentiation of the reading public, and then, more dramatically, by the economic and cultural changes of the 1990s.