Larry E Holmes
Biographic Data
| ID | 1097867 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Larry E Holmes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Larry E |
| FAMILY NAME | Holmes |
| SIGNATURE | HOLMES L E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Alabama |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
To the Great Socialist Beyond
This article explores the intriguing intersection of progressive education and socialism, focusing on the Organic School in Fairhope, Alabama, and its connections to progressive educators in the Soviet Union during the 1920s. Founded in 1907 by Marietta Johnson, the school gained international recognition for its innovative approach, attracting prominent figures like John Dewey and Upton Sinclair. Despite its fame, no evidence of direct influence…
A Host of Contradictions
Based on oral and written testimony of pupils and teachers, this essay examines the lived educational experience of the school-age cohort of children in Stalin’s Russia from 1931 to 1945. The state alone determined the structure and curricula of the nation’s schools. However, Soviet youngsters, their parents, and teachers responded to the center’s initiatives in ways that both embraced and defied the attempt to make anew society and humans. They …
Educational Reform in Post-Soviet Russia
Preface 1.Introduction Ben Eklof Part 1. Educational Policy: Past and Present 2. Educational Change in Time of Social Revolution: The Case of Post-Communist Russia in Comparative Perspective Viacheslav Karpov and Elena Lisovskaya 3. School and Schooling under Stalin, 1931-1953 Larry E. Holmes 4. The Experimental Tradition in Russian Education Stephen T. Kerr 5. Democratic Educational Reform in Russia: Achievements and Setbacks Isak D. Froumin 6. …
Stalin’s School
Stalin's School
From 1931 to 1937, School No 25 was the most famous school in the Soviet Union, instructing the children of parents such as Josef Stalin and Paul Robeson. Relying on published records and interviews, this study brings the school to life, using its experience as a microcosm and mirror of Stalinism
Part of History
All's quiet now. Summer vacation has started, the halls and classrooms are deserted. Almost. It is 10 July 1992 and I am inside Moscow's School No. 175 with Vladimir Dmitrievich Nikolaev, a pupil here from 1933 to 1941. Once this was School No. 25, hallowed ground, from 1931 to 1937 the most famous school in the Soviet Union, where a talented teaching corps instructed the children of Stalin and other representatives of the Soviet elite. The winne…
Democracy in the Russian School
Framed by an introductory essay by Ben Ekiof, the translated documents in this volume are crucial to understanding Russian educational reform efforts. These primary sources, based on previously unpublished statistical data and public opinion surveys, depict current conditions in Russia's schools. Reflecting the approach of the leading historian of education Edward Dneprov-now the powerful minister of education serving under Boris Yeltsin-the docu…
Moscow under Stalinist Rule, 1931-34
The Kremlin and the Schoolhouse
Religious Policy in the Soviet Union
Church-state relations have undergone a number of changes during the seven decades of the existence of the Soviet Union. In the 1920s the state was politically and financially weak and its edicts often ignored, but the 1930s saw the beginning of an era of systematic anti-religious persecution. There was some relaxation in the last decade of Stalin's rule, but under Khrushchev the pressure on the Church was again stepped up. In the Brezhev period …
Forsake Fear
Magic into Hocus-Pocus
Blessed with abundant faith, makers of the October Revolution proposed to make anew society and humankind. Visions of a utopian future collapsing into the present burned particularly brightly at the Commissariat of Enlightenment (Narkompros). Charged with overseeing the educational and cultural institutions of the infant Russian Republic, it sallied forth to transform the school and, through it, the child and society. Labor, the essence of all hu…
The Kremlin and the Schoolhouse
"... an exciting, first-rate contribution to our understanding of Soviet history on several levels... and the relationship between tsarist and Soviet educational policies and practices." -Ben Eklof"Larry E. Holmes' book is a fine, expert study of a difficult topic." -The Historian"... this first-rate work definitely points the way toward a new understanding of the Soviet Union in the 1920s." -Journal of Modern History"... a succinct and original …
Soviet Schools
Many Bolsheviks heralded the October Revolution of 1917 as the beginning of a new era in history; by 1921, however, much of this optimism had disappeared. Civil war, peasant rebellion, empty factories, closed schools, strikes in the industrial establishments that had survived, and the Kronstadt Revolt made many party members weary and cynical. A few, however, stubbornly adhered to an untarnished vision of a grand future. They could be found espec…
Scholarly Voice or Political Echo
Soviet Rewriting of 1917
The career of Aleksandr Gavrilovich Shliapnikov dramatically illustrates the interrelationship of politics and historical writing in Soviet Russia from the early 1920s until 1931. During that formative period, the Bolshevik Party sought uniformity in its ranks by the general suppression of dissent and a corresponding requirement that its historians regard their craft chiefly as an extension of party policy. Although Bolshevik historians increasin…
Bolshevik Utilitarianism and Educational Experimentalism
SOVIET EDUCATION of the 1920s has attracted much attention from both historians and educators. (1) Until 1931 Soviet educational authorities sponsored a flurry of measures many of which were initially advanced in the writings of such western educators as John Dewey, Helen Parkhurst, and Maria Montessori. Study of this romantic and period (2) in the history of Soviet education is therefore un(lerstandlable. No complete and penetlrating examination…
Democracy in the Russian School
Framed by an introductory essay by Ben Ekiof, the translated documents in this volume are crucial to understanding Russian educational reform efforts. These primary sources, based on previously unpublished statistical data and public opinion surveys, depict current conditions in Russia's schools. Reflecting the approach of the leading historian of education Edward Dneprov-now the powerful minister of education serving under Boris Yeltsin-the docu…
The Kremlin and the Schoolhouse
Soviet Schools
Many Bolsheviks heralded the October Revolution of 1917 as the beginning of a new era in history; by 1921, however, much of this optimism had disappeared. Civil war, peasant rebellion, empty factories, closed schools, strikes in the industrial establishments that had survived, and the Kronstadt Revolt made many party members weary and cynical. A few, however, stubbornly adhered to an untarnished vision of a grand future. They could be found espec…
Soviet Rewriting of 1917
The career of Aleksandr Gavrilovich Shliapnikov dramatically illustrates the interrelationship of politics and historical writing in Soviet Russia from the early 1920s until 1931. During that formative period, the Bolshevik Party sought uniformity in its ranks by the general suppression of dissent and a corresponding requirement that its historians regard their craft chiefly as an extension of party policy. Although Bolshevik historians increasin…
Bolshevik Utilitarianism and Educational Experimentalism
SOVIET EDUCATION of the 1920s has attracted much attention from both historians and educators. (1) Until 1931 Soviet educational authorities sponsored a flurry of measures many of which were initially advanced in the writings of such western educators as John Dewey, Helen Parkhurst, and Maria Montessori. Study of this romantic and period (2) in the history of Soviet education is therefore un(lerstandlable. No complete and penetlrating examination…
Part of History
All's quiet now. Summer vacation has started, the halls and classrooms are deserted. Almost. It is 10 July 1992 and I am inside Moscow's School No. 175 with Vladimir Dmitrievich Nikolaev, a pupil here from 1933 to 1941. Once this was School No. 25, hallowed ground, from 1931 to 1937 the most famous school in the Soviet Union, where a talented teaching corps instructed the children of Stalin and other representatives of the Soviet elite. The winne…
Magic into Hocus-Pocus
Blessed with abundant faith, makers of the October Revolution proposed to make anew society and humankind. Visions of a utopian future collapsing into the present burned particularly brightly at the Commissariat of Enlightenment (Narkompros). Charged with overseeing the educational and cultural institutions of the infant Russian Republic, it sallied forth to transform the school and, through it, the child and society. Labor, the essence of all hu…
Bolshevik Utilitarianism and Educational Experimentalism
SOVIET EDUCATION of the 1920s has attracted much attention from both historians and educators. (1) Until 1931 Soviet educational authorities sponsored a flurry of measures many of which were initially advanced in the writings of such western educators as John Dewey, Helen Parkhurst, and Maria Montessori. Study of this romantic and period (2) in the history of Soviet education is therefore un(lerstandlable. No complete and penetlrating examination…
Soviet Rewriting of 1917
The career of Aleksandr Gavrilovich Shliapnikov dramatically illustrates the interrelationship of politics and historical writing in Soviet Russia from the early 1920s until 1931. During that formative period, the Bolshevik Party sought uniformity in its ranks by the general suppression of dissent and a corresponding requirement that its historians regard their craft chiefly as an extension of party policy. Although Bolshevik historians increasin…
Scholarly Voice or Political Echo
Soviet Schools
Many Bolsheviks heralded the October Revolution of 1917 as the beginning of a new era in history; by 1921, however, much of this optimism had disappeared. Civil war, peasant rebellion, empty factories, closed schools, strikes in the industrial establishments that had survived, and the Kronstadt Revolt made many party members weary and cynical. A few, however, stubbornly adhered to an untarnished vision of a grand future. They could be found espec…
The Kremlin and the Schoolhouse
"... an exciting, first-rate contribution to our understanding of Soviet history on several levels... and the relationship between tsarist and Soviet educational policies and practices." -Ben Eklof"Larry E. Holmes' book is a fine, expert study of a difficult topic." -The Historian"... this first-rate work definitely points the way toward a new understanding of the Soviet Union in the 1920s." -Journal of Modern History"... a succinct and original …
Religious Policy in the Soviet Union
Church-state relations have undergone a number of changes during the seven decades of the existence of the Soviet Union. In the 1920s the state was politically and financially weak and its edicts often ignored, but the 1930s saw the beginning of an era of systematic anti-religious persecution. There was some relaxation in the last decade of Stalin's rule, but under Khrushchev the pressure on the Church was again stepped up. In the Brezhev period …
Forsake Fear
Magic into Hocus-Pocus
Blessed with abundant faith, makers of the October Revolution proposed to make anew society and humankind. Visions of a utopian future collapsing into the present burned particularly brightly at the Commissariat of Enlightenment (Narkompros). Charged with overseeing the educational and cultural institutions of the infant Russian Republic, it sallied forth to transform the school and, through it, the child and society. Labor, the essence of all hu…
Moscow under Stalinist Rule, 1931-34
The Kremlin and the Schoolhouse
Democracy in the Russian School
Framed by an introductory essay by Ben Ekiof, the translated documents in this volume are crucial to understanding Russian educational reform efforts. These primary sources, based on previously unpublished statistical data and public opinion surveys, depict current conditions in Russia's schools. Reflecting the approach of the leading historian of education Edward Dneprov-now the powerful minister of education serving under Boris Yeltsin-the docu…
Part of History
All's quiet now. Summer vacation has started, the halls and classrooms are deserted. Almost. It is 10 July 1992 and I am inside Moscow's School No. 175 with Vladimir Dmitrievich Nikolaev, a pupil here from 1933 to 1941. Once this was School No. 25, hallowed ground, from 1931 to 1937 the most famous school in the Soviet Union, where a talented teaching corps instructed the children of Stalin and other representatives of the Soviet elite. The winne…
Stalin’s School
Stalin's School
From 1931 to 1937, School No 25 was the most famous school in the Soviet Union, instructing the children of parents such as Josef Stalin and Paul Robeson. Relying on published records and interviews, this study brings the school to life, using its experience as a microcosm and mirror of Stalinism
Educational Reform in Post-Soviet Russia
Preface 1.Introduction Ben Eklof Part 1. Educational Policy: Past and Present 2. Educational Change in Time of Social Revolution: The Case of Post-Communist Russia in Comparative Perspective Viacheslav Karpov and Elena Lisovskaya 3. School and Schooling under Stalin, 1931-1953 Larry E. Holmes 4. The Experimental Tradition in Russian Education Stephen T. Kerr 5. Democratic Educational Reform in Russia: Achievements and Setbacks Isak D. Froumin 6. …
A Host of Contradictions
Based on oral and written testimony of pupils and teachers, this essay examines the lived educational experience of the school-age cohort of children in Stalin’s Russia from 1931 to 1945. The state alone determined the structure and curricula of the nation’s schools. However, Soviet youngsters, their parents, and teachers responded to the center’s initiatives in ways that both embraced and defied the attempt to make anew society and humans. They …
To the Great Socialist Beyond
This article explores the intriguing intersection of progressive education and socialism, focusing on the Organic School in Fairhope, Alabama, and its connections to progressive educators in the Soviet Union during the 1920s. Founded in 1907 by Marietta Johnson, the school gained international recognition for its innovative approach, attracting prominent figures like John Dewey and Upton Sinclair. Despite its fame, no evidence of direct influence…
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